Beaded Bracelet Tutorial

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 Here's a stylish way to sport your
Irish Pride...the whole year round!

Free Celtic inspired
Bracelet tutorial

The Best Chocolate Cake

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This is "The Best Chocolate Cake" I
have ever made.  This from scratch
recipe reminds me of the one my 
Grandma P used to make.  No fancy
expensive chocolate here just good
ol' unsweetened cocoa powder. In
keeping with my recent soda recipe 
obsession, this cake has no eggs,
just soda and vinegar for leavening.
and no butter....I know...hard to
believe one of my recipes has no
butter. This cake is so moist and
it has a rich dark chocolate flavor.

The icing is also made with cocoa
powder and its unbelievable!
Hope you all enjoy it as
much as we did:)



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"The Best Chocolate Cake"
Recipe

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Guinness Stew

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This recipe for "Guinness Stew" will have your
Klan singing your praises.  Served over a
bed of mashed potatoes this thick and rich
stew has all the flavors of the Guinness brew
but the 6 hour cooking time ensures that
most of the fight(alcohol) is cooked away.

This recipe goes hand n' hand with my
"Irish Brown Bread"

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Irish Brown Bread

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This hardy rustic "Irish Brown Bread" is perfect for
sopping up stews.  Crusty on the outside and
remarkably light in the middle.  Unlike some
of the recipes I tested that were so heavy they
could have been used as weapons.  Thoughts of
some guy in a kilt loading one up in a catapult
and hurling it over the castle walls came to mind.

So I added a little extra rising power to this recipe
and a bit of brown sugar gives it a slightly sweet
taste.  The use of bread flour with the whole wheat
 flour lightens it up as well.
"Irish Brown Bread Recipe"
This rustic quick bread recipe will go perfectly
with "Guinness Stew"

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Link & Greet Party #7

Wow this has been an enlightening week for me blog wise.  I learned

how to backup my blog over at TidyMom.  Which was so quick and easy.

There has been a serge in stories about deleted blogs so this is a very 

important tip.

I also learned a new word over at GingerSnapCrafts Hot Linking. This is 

also a very important story you would not want to cause anyone else harm so 

stop by and learn how to properly use others photos.

And the third tip comes from me its about time.  I spend a lot of time on my 

blog.  I have to make efficient use of my blog time because I also have a life 

and responsibilities like laundry, dishes, homeschooling, bill paying, 

cooking, sweeping, mopping, gardening, shopping...etc..

I'm sure you will all agree we spend a lot of time decoding words every day.
And the now they are even harder to decode.

So my tip is this: 

On your dashboard go to settings>comments>show word ver.>

and click NO > save settings......

 If you are concerned about spam then choose

YES for comment moderation....

I personally like the moderation feature it forces me to keep up with my

 comments and read them.... other wise I would probably miss some of them.

So be a Pal and turn it off and add a few minutes to my busy day:)

Please Comment

What would you do with the time you spent decoding?

Me....read a book to my 5 year old:)

And now on with the party and the Top 5 from last week....

St. Patricks Day Pot-Holders

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Add a touch of green to your kitchen this
St. Patricks day with these Irish inspired
Pot-Holders......I hope you all enjoy
my free pattern and tutorial for  
Lucky Clover and Celtic Twist

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Irish Soda Bread

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With St. Patricks day right around the corner
I thought I'd dedicate this week to all things
Irish.  Today is all about the bread, that good
ol' soda bread.  If your not familiar with it,
it is made without yeast so it's considered a
quick bread.  It gets its rise from the reaction
between the soda and the buttermilk(vinegar).
This recipe is every bit as sturdy as a yeast bread,
meaning you can use it for toast and even
sandwiches.   So give this recipe a try and
look for my Irish Brown Bread recipe coming
later this week.
Irish Soda Bread Recipe here

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Link & Greet Party #6

Hey ya'll thanks for stoppin by.  Last week we
blazed a trail back to Oklahoma(800 miles away). 
 I ran the party and Linked up to a few parties and
posted comments all from my blackberry.  In
NoSignalville, I did find a hot spot on the north
side of the shed, standing on a stump and holding
my arm out...did I mention it was freezing cold.
And now I have the crud.  Thats my excuse for
only having one post this week.....I do have lots
of nice things planned for next week so stop back
by and check 'em out.....and now for the
 top 5 from last weeks party.........   

Almond Cream Cheese Danish

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This Valentine surprise your sweetie with
this decadent Danish filled with almond
flavored cream cheese and decorated with
sliced almonds.....To make this danish I
used my "Overnight Cinnamon Roll" dough
recipe and added 1 tsp. almond extract to
my "Cream Cheese Filling" recipe and
sprinkled with 1/4 c. of sliced almonds.
This recipe will make 2 danishes.
Click here for the basic danish Tutorial

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Link & Greet party #5

Thanks for coming!
I have been away from my 
computer this week and trying 
to run things from my blackberry
with hardly any service....but i did
manage to get the top 5 up from last
week so here they are..........

Thank You!

This week I got the most wonderful surprise in the mail.
I won this lovely necklace over @ShopRubyJean's
link party it was designed by
Debra Oliver @CommonGround
I am so proud of it I just had to give a
shout-out for these two sweet ladies!
Check out their blogs and
Debra's Etsy Shop
It is full of wonderful pieces of Vintage Jewelry.

Leftover Oatmeal Bread

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Use up those leftover oats from breakfast
 to make this Hearty Healthy Oatmeal bread.....
Made with rolled oats, whole wheat flour and
sweetened with honey.......This is one of my
family's favorites......I hope it will become
one of yours!

Recipe

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Link & Greet Party #4

Welcome to our fourth Link & Greet Party. Thanks to 

all the bloggers who participated last week. There were so many great Links...The top 5 were.....

King Bars

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The King of Rock & Roll
"Elvis"
would have loved these Banana,
Peanut Butter and Nutella 
"King Bars"
They'll have your bunch sayin'
Thank ya, Thank ya very much!

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