tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post6702447359693414250..comments2023-10-17T08:29:42.738-04:00Comments on Empty Nest: The Week in the Proverbial NutshellEmpty Nesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-90275406696339213322011-09-27T17:05:55.915-04:002011-09-27T17:05:55.915-04:00Nothing says fall like roasted root vegetables.Nothing says fall like roasted root vegetables.The Single Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156235539745020966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-29484207114720242482011-09-26T17:15:25.417-04:002011-09-26T17:15:25.417-04:00This post was full of so many things I could comme...This post was full of so many things I could comment on...love the family photos...love the sky photos too. I have never heard of coconut flour. Do you buy it in specialty stores?Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727615822243830106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-39632282156561079172011-09-26T14:07:02.485-04:002011-09-26T14:07:02.485-04:00Benjamin cooks as well?!! Now why on earth didn&#...Benjamin cooks as well?!! Now why on earth didn't I meet someone like that when I was young?!Southhamsdarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285980805569582676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-621481928592884092011-09-26T10:45:26.440-04:002011-09-26T10:45:26.440-04:00Oh,meant to say thanks for reminding me to make th...Oh,meant to say thanks for reminding me to make those roasted root vegetables. LOVE THOSE. I always put in some Carmens and parsnips too. Sorry about your humidity. It's cool here and I just brought in one of my cayenne pepper plants to hang upsidedown in the kitchen corner. It will dry and all the little peppers on it will turn red!Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-36507476188018926042011-09-26T10:43:02.335-04:002011-09-26T10:43:02.335-04:00I am glad to hear your mother is recovering well. ...I am glad to hear your mother is recovering well. And that pic of Sweet little Tucker! Awwwwww. :-) Always love the photos of your girls! I had no idea there even was such a thing as coconut flour! Gotta check that one out. Thanks so much for the nice paragraph about my soaps!!Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-66365351993141111332011-09-26T08:52:50.448-04:002011-09-26T08:52:50.448-04:00Annie- It really was a good week! Thanks!
FG- The...Annie- It really was a good week! Thanks!<br /><br />FG- The recipes look good so far! Mostly they are baked goods- cakes, pies, cookies OH MY! LOL Wheat Belly has been ordered and should arrive this week! <br /><br />Patrice- I really like the coconut flour but there is a mild yet distinct flavor to it so, if you don't like coconut...LOL Whole Wallet!!! Love that! LOL<br /><br />Betty- I Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-48679948007564862652011-09-25T20:49:12.992-04:002011-09-25T20:49:12.992-04:00WOW!!! You had a crazy busy week!
Glad your mom ...WOW!!! You had a crazy busy week!<br /><br />Glad your mom is continuing to do well. Tuck is precious!!<br /><br />BLACK BEAN BROWNIES!!!! Sacrilegious :-)Donna @ The House on the Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996281285406090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-72272144122306933152011-09-25T20:01:47.010-04:002011-09-25T20:01:47.010-04:00First thing I saw when I opened your blog was the ...First thing I saw when I opened your blog was the root veggies and they look soooo good! Now I´m hungry for something like that. I´ll have to check out a recipe.<br />I´m so glad for you that your girls come over once a week. I really appreciate having mine so close by now.Betty Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357132033070346815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-91012829938851971672011-09-25T19:50:57.952-04:002011-09-25T19:50:57.952-04:00I have to make a boatload full of roasted root veg...I have to make a boatload full of roasted root veggies around here too. I want that coconut book, so please let me know how good it is once you're really into it. D2 has now gone off corn and soy, plus xanthan gum for gluten free cooking is grown on corn and she now reacts to it.(Talk about a run-on sentence!) I need to get a whole new bunch of recipes. I've been using almond flour for Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073900183291544491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-48873073957177311852011-09-25T19:26:05.473-04:002011-09-25T19:26:05.473-04:00Wow you are so sweet to put me down like that.
I ...Wow you are so sweet to put me down like that. <br />I have now been wheat free for six weeks. Yahoo!!! Best thing I have ever did, my husband is too and he is loving it just as much. <br />Makes some of those recipes out of that book and let me know if it is a good book and then I will buy it. <br />So those brownies are good? I was thinking about that recipe today and I wondered. <br />Have youFarm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-41509041914589866282011-09-25T17:11:41.710-04:002011-09-25T17:11:41.710-04:00Wowsers! Great blog chick - fab sunset, fab food, ...Wowsers! Great blog chick - fab sunset, fab food, fab kids ... the list goes on! It sounds like you had a cracking time ;-)Annie (Lady M) xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086309578820420578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-19709208448369404842011-09-25T16:47:46.177-04:002011-09-25T16:47:46.177-04:00Diane- We are well, thank you! I practically live ...Diane- We are well, thank you! I practically live for those Wednesday nights! I love having the kids over and cooking for them. And yes, Benjamin is a handsome young man! And he cooks too! Tucker is a little stinker for sure!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-54412968288336750112011-09-25T15:47:40.752-04:002011-09-25T15:47:40.752-04:00Hi there Pam! Hope all is well with you. Lovely t...Hi there Pam! Hope all is well with you. Lovely to see the photos of the Wednesday nights, and how lovely that Doodlebug is able to come home from College with her friends like that. Looks like Tucker enjoys it as well! Am I allowed to say that that Benjamin is rather a very handsome young man??!! I love the way that Tucker cuddled in like that whenever your mum vacated her seat! Hee Hee!! GladSouthhamsdarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285980805569582676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-65734588677865465202011-09-25T14:52:23.572-04:002011-09-25T14:52:23.572-04:00Debby- Isn't he a stinker? LOL Thanks! Oh, I t...Debby- Isn't he a stinker? LOL Thanks! Oh, I think you'll love her soaps!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-80125126174905123322011-09-25T14:34:56.382-04:002011-09-25T14:34:56.382-04:00Love the shot of Tucker, too cute!
Beautiful skies...Love the shot of Tucker, too cute!<br />Beautiful skies. The soap sounds wonderful, heading over there for a visit. Awesome dinner.Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-62306452697092157432011-09-25T12:27:46.947-04:002011-09-25T12:27:46.947-04:00Desiree- Thank you for such wonderful comments! I ...Desiree- Thank you for such wonderful comments! I really have embraced the vegetarian lifestyle- and cutting the wheat has made a huge difference. Maybe we were allergic and never knew it. Tucker does love to grab a warm spot as soon as someone moves- he's no dummy. LOL Birdie said the scarf arrived yesterday and she loves it! <br /><br />GPF-Thank you and I'm so glad you came by! I'mEmpty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-67535328342996699012011-09-25T12:17:58.861-04:002011-09-25T12:17:58.861-04:00Stopping over from The Lady Bloggers Tea Party (fi...Stopping over from The Lady Bloggers Tea Party (first time) and I love your blog! Seems you sure have alot going on ... being an Empty Nester myself I can relate to trying to figure out what to do next :) It is challenging and it does seem like time flies by _ thought I would be sitting around doing nothing, but not so! Nice to meet you!DebBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210295187400484744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-37470768112008665762011-09-25T12:02:45.422-04:002011-09-25T12:02:45.422-04:00What a bubbly post the first half was...I won'...What a bubbly post the first half was...I won't comment on the Forrest Gumpiness part :)! I can tell you've had an injection of Lovelies :) Your Wednesday night meal looked and sounded scrummy, and SO healthy! You really have taken to the vegetarian way, in a big way, haven't you?<br /><br />Your morning skies look so lovely. What a great way to begin ones day...a good, brisk walk Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-49092373186042422442011-09-25T11:08:41.272-04:002011-09-25T11:08:41.272-04:00MKM- It really is nice having her right downtown. ...MKM- It really is nice having her right downtown. Even though she lives there, she's very close! A boy came and took our oldest away too. LOL But we love him anyway!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-41301588813886845952011-09-25T11:04:56.827-04:002011-09-25T11:04:56.827-04:00Both of my kids stayed home and commuted to colleg...Both of my kids stayed home and commuted to college and I LOVED it. I told my daughter she couldn't ever move out and leave me but then the SIL cam along and took her away :(.Tami AKA My Kid's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17310459819678664311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-25120769955582051072011-09-25T11:00:12.919-04:002011-09-25T11:00:12.919-04:00MD-It's always so hard to wait for that cool w...MD-It's always so hard to wait for that cool weather- I feel like it's being dangled in front of me like a carrot and I'm the jack ass. LOL Thanks so much! The brownies are GREAT! So are the soaps!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-30939167971764835542011-09-25T09:59:49.215-04:002011-09-25T09:59:49.215-04:00What a fun way to look back at your week. Your rec...What a fun way to look back at your week. Your recipes look yummy - I may have to try those brownies. I love that your doodle bug is able to come home for dinner with the roomies! Those soaps look awesome.<br /><br />It's been terribly hot and humid here too - afternoon rainstorms every day, and it feels like a sauna when you walk outside. I'm ready for some cooler weather too - but likeLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019980832742495532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-56099467257625216032011-09-25T09:42:13.803-04:002011-09-25T09:42:13.803-04:00Eva- Thanks! Hope you're enjoying your birthda...Eva- Thanks! Hope you're enjoying your birthday!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-23744801939392471152011-09-25T09:18:47.521-04:002011-09-25T09:18:47.521-04:00Hi Pam, what a lovely post with a lot of teasers ;...Hi Pam, what a lovely post with a lot of teasers ;) such lovely pics of the skies! Getting hungry from seeing the food pictures - yummy.<br /><br />Enjoy your Day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-39845825139860684582011-09-25T08:36:40.003-04:002011-09-25T08:36:40.003-04:00Susan- Thanks!
jennifer- I'll let you know! I...Susan- Thanks!<br /><br />jennifer- I'll let you know! I'm going to have to try some pancakes now, of course. LOL<br /><br />Julie- Thanks! The update will be posted tomorrow. <br /><br />Shirley- He really does. LOL<br /><br />Alessandra- I could make the roasted root veggies every day and not get tired of them! I never thought about a Tucker book!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.com