I love carrot cake, but I don't make it too often because of all the calories. I was so excited when I found this recipe from Better Homes and Gardens that cut the calories off the traditional recipe. Instead of all the oil, you can use mango juice. As some of you my know, I have mango trees and we had so many mangoes this year. I am always looking for mango recipes, so I am giving this a try.
Last month I found this mirror at a barn sale in Vermont with several other goodies. You can see that post here.
The mirror was so dirty you could not tell what kind of wood it was. The people who had the barn sale, said the mirror was in the house when they bought the farm.
Not sure how old the house was.
In addition to being dirty, it needed some work.
We are up at our house in Eustis, FL and when I opened the door to go into the garage, I was surprised to see these Sandhill cranes outside the door. We see them often as we are driving, but never in our yard.
We love Mexican food and when it is easy, that makes it even better. This is a one pan meal. Dump everything into your pan and bake. I also like recipes that are versatile - add ingredients that you like. It is not spicy however.
This is not your "I need a quick 30 minute meal", but make it on a night when you have more time or the weekend since it takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes to bake. Every time I serve this, they ask for the recipe.
How I love bulk pick up week. Do you have something like that where you live? Once a month, people put out "trash" for bulk pick up. Now it is not really a week, only a day, but people can start putting out "trash" a week ahead. The hard part is competing with the "truckers". These are individuals that ride through the neighbors looking for stuff. Mostly they want items that they can scrap. They can get money for scrap metal - usually by the pound. Most of the time, they beat me to any metal items.
Most of my collecting is done within my neighborhood. Last month my neighbor put out these children's cabinets.
