Posting for T on a Sunday

     I almost was not going to post this week but decided I wanted to. This will be a short post. I like to post early for T as we are also a day behind Europe time. This event we gather together over at Bleubeard and Elizabeath's-find link in my sidebar. Just share a drink related photo in your post-and nice to link back to her as well.

   My husband needed a surgery (not his heart) that we knew was going to be a rough one-extreme pain and he won't use pain pills-those can cause more troubles than the pain allot of times. This will be a very slow recovery for sure. I stocked up on foods so we are set til the end of the month-may need to go out for something I hadn't thought of though

  Last week I shared my tea advent calendar, I must say I loved the idea of this-a new tea each day but I am very disappointed. All the teas taste exactly the same-even though they all have different names, some are green tea or rooibos  and a couple black teas. I think they all have the same spices in them especially too much cloves. Thinking next week I will swap out some of these teas with some of my own teas so I can get a variety. I love these little boxes so will save for next year and refill.

  We have been having spring like temperatures again, with a bit of cold coming in later in the week. No snow here but I am reading about areas getting lots of snow. I can do without needing to shovel for the moment - smiles.

  One evening I made myself a cup of hot chocolate with mini marshmallows-so good. I drank it while watching the national rodeo finals This hot cocoa is in the Kansas City Chiefs super bowl mug from a couple years ago.

I also made us biscuits and gravy one day last week. I used a different biscuit recipe-from Beard's Bread book. It made the perfect amount for two days and the recipe even worked well for my gluten free version-which is not always the case.

  I had halved the recipe and it made us each two large biscuits-for two days. One side is wheat and the other gluten free

  Larry loves apple crisps so this one is apple-blueberry crisp. I use splenda on the apples and coconut sugar in the topping to cut some of the sugars.

 That's it for me-Happy T and new week

T Stands for Tuesday-This and That

   Happy T Stands for Tuesday-where we link up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T. You are welcome to join in-just share a drink related photo and link up-click on T in my sidebar.

  Since I most always write my T posts on Monday, I am wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day.  End of last week I baked up two batches of valentine cookies-one wheat and one gluten free, and I even frosted them with sprinkles on top 😀 I will have more about the cookies on my Food Wednesdays post

I grabbed a bison and wolf cutter for me-of course

and I found 2 fish cutters for the wheat version for Larry's cookies

It's been up and down with the weather here-warmed up nicely with a good melt, although there are still areas of snow piles that were deep, and then it has turned quite cold over the weekend again. A warmer day tomorrow before it gets cold again.

  We have enjoyed lovely views most every morning, out our wall of windows this past week,

 

One foggy morning, there was also ice on the lake for a few days that had broken off from the more shallow areas of the lake

Late yesterday (Sunday) afternoon-surprise-the moon

Saturday I made up another crisp in a cast iron pan. I had about 8 apples left, and our Wisconsin friends gifted me with a large bag of blueberries they had picked and then frozen, from a friend's farm up near Green Bay Wisconsin. This was so delicious.

and for my drink share-these crisps are perfect for breakfast and with a cup of coffee.    Since it is Valentine's Day today I made my decaf coffee in the french press and added a tablespoon of my homemade cocoa mix. Soooo delicious-and splurged with a bit of whipped cream 😉

  

Happy T Everyone