This is the soup I mentioned in my garlic bread post. I got it from The “I Love My Instant Pot” Vegan Recipe Book, but I think I altered it enough that it’s safe to post my version without violating any copyrights. The real recipe is called White Bean with Garlic and Kale Soup on…
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Homemade garlic bread
In this house, we love garlic bread. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone that didn’t love garlic bread. In fact, if I did I would never talk to them again. The one thing I don’t like about garlic bread (or most things in the freezer at the store) is the long list of ingredients…
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Blank board
Alright, this post is admittedly boring. You can tell by the title, right? Actually, I believe they are called a “false front”, but this is the tale of the board between the sink cabinets and the counter top. With all new squared edges of the shaker style doors, we couldn’t leave the fill board above…
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Building a cabinet
Another first for me on this project was building a cabinet from scratch. Our old kitchen had the stove pushed directly against our old pantry. Christy had the great idea to take the dead plate that filled in the gap between the left side of the stove and the sink cabinets, move it to the…
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Peninsula Cabinets
In this post, I’ll review our peninsula cabinets and the guides we used for the doors. This was one of the many firsts on this project for me, so it was nerve racking at times. The nerve racking part wasn’t so much the work itself, but the work coupled with the cost of the cabinets….
Working Toward Retirement – January
I didn’t realize it last month, but we broke the $100,000 mark in our retirement savings. That’s a great milestone. I can’t wait to hit the next milestone – $200,000. As I stated last month, we were able to max out both of our Roth IRAs with the help of my bonus and our savings….
Kitchen Remodel: Behind the scenes – Double pantry
Christy unveiled the final results of our kitchen remodel, but I thought I’d go back through the project and review some of the things we did for the first time in our lives. No better place to start than where we did – our fabulous double pantry. I’m famous for four words in our house…
Working Toward Retirement – December
The markets are still doing well and you can really see it in the growth of my work 401k. The growth nearly doubled from last month. We had a little more than normal in our 401k deposit this month because I received a little more than normal Christmas bonus. Every little bit helps and I’m…
“Owning” Your Home
I was listening to a podcast today and the question was asked “Do you rent or do you own”. I’ve been asked that same question several times over the years, both in person and on paper. For 2 decades I’ve answered “I own”, but what really is owning your home? Like me, nearly everyone that…
Stripping Cast Iron
With our new glass cooktop (the first we’ve ever had) I’ve been reading all about the thousands of ways you can screw it up. The most discouraging was to not use cast iron. Our Emeril cast iron that we use everyday had a lot of build up on the sides from over the years. We…