Posted by Hallee on Jun 27, 2011 in
Hallee's Galley,
menus & menu planning Here’s the menu for my family for the week of June 27th. Gregg is home (yay!) and Tuesday this week is our 9th wedding anniversary. As such, I’m going to attempt to create a red velvet cheesecake my friend Heather from Out of the Box Into the Kitchen recommended to me. The recipe she gave me called for a Devil’s Food cake mix, so I’m going to try to recreate the recipe real food style. I also found a cookie cutter in the shape of Lightning McQueen, and may make some Traditional Sugar Cookies and let my boys decorate some cookies. We also have a ton of birthday cake left.
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Tags: Boone Tavern, Breakfast, Cakes, Cheesecake, Cookie, Cookies, Desserts, Dinner, Food and drink, Hallee's Galley, Human Interest, Kentucky, Lunch, Menu Monday, Menu planning, menus, Out of the Box Into the Kitchen, Red velvet cake, Sugar cookie, Wedding anniversary
Posted by Hallee on May 11, 2011 in
Gardening,
Hallee's Galley We’ve had the wettest April in recorded history here in central Kentucky, so I’m a couple of weeks behind where I was last year at this time. But, it’s also been unusually cold so it’s good that I couldn’t get out to the yard and get it tilled until now. I ran the tiller last week, and then this past Monday and finally got the seeds and seedlings into the rich Kentucky earth.
Tags: Biology, Botany, garden, Gardening, God's creation, Hallee's Galley, herb garden, Kentucky, Plant morphology, Plant reproduction, Seed, vegetable garden
Posted by Hallee on Dec 6, 2010 in
Hallee's Galley,
menus & menu planning Here’s the menu for my family for the week of December 6th. Wow. Is it really December already? Outside of my home in central Kentucky, the world is blanketed in snow, while inside my tree lights are quietly blinking – yet it’s hard to imagine how quickly the last year has gone. I will be putting together a Christmas menu, just like I did with my Thanksgiving Extravaganza, so be on the lookout for that.
This is a busy week – we have something almost every night. As such, my dinners are simplified and will be easier to make ahead of time so that we can eat as we have an opportunity. As far as desserts go, I still owe you a recipe for whole wheat chocolate chip cookies – and my cookie jar is nothing but crumbs. I hope to get to that this week!
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Tags: Bread, Dinner, Food and drink, Gastronomy, Hallee the Homemaker, Honey Oatmeal Bread, Hospitality/Recreation, Kentucky, Lunch, Meals, Menu Monday
Posted by Hallee on Apr 13, 2010 in
Family,
Life,
Parenting Ten days ago, I left my home in Kentucky and headed south to Tallahassee, Florida. I got into town Thursday afternoon, visited friends, and went to another friend’s house for the evening. Friday morning I did some business at the courthouse, had lunch with friends, picked Kaylee up from school, had dinner with friends, and went back to a friend’s house for the evening. Saturday morning, we headed south toward the Florida Panhandle’s coast, picking up a friend of Kaylee’s on the way, and took up residence in a little beach house in Mexico Beach.
Tags: Easter, Florida, Holy Week, Hospitality/Recreation, Kaylee, Kentucky, Spring Break, Tallahassee, vacation
Posted by Hallee on Nov 30, 2009 in
Parenting All three of my kids have been on airplanes by 5 months old, and none of them are unaccustomed to hours in the car. Over the years, I’ve learned several tips to making traveling with children easier.
Tags: Agatha Christie, Boxcar Kids, Cracker Barrel, Doctor Seuss, DVD player, Harry Potter, Hotel Rooms, Judy Blume, Kentucky, New Orleans, Oregon, Travel, VeggieTales
One weekend before deployment, Gregg had a weekend pass and I was sick. He disappeared into the kitchen and came out with the most amazing sandwich. I’ve been trying to duplicate it ever since.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Alabama, Appetizers, Birmingham, Chicken Salad, Condiments, Enchilada, Florida, Food and drink, French cuisine, Hallee's Galley, Hospitality/Recreation, Kentucky, Leftover Thanksgiving, Mayonnaise, Mini food processor, Pickled cucumber, Pickles, Recipes, Relish, Salads, Sauces, Tallahassee, Turkey
This is a traditional Kentucky turkey sandwich whose name is a nod to the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky — a 5 star establishment with a 7 star reputation for really incredible dishes.
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Tags: American cuisine, Austrian cuisine, Breakfast foods, British cuisine, Brown Hotel, Cuisine, Food and drink, French toast, Hallee's Galley, Hot Brown, Kentucky, Kentucky Hot Brown, KY, Leftover Thanksgiving, Louisville, Recipes, Sandwich, Turkey
One of the first things she asked me was what I was doing. I told her I was a homemaker in a small town in Kentucky, married to the most amazing man in the world and mother to three absolutely wonderful children. Her reaction puzzled me and hurt me at the same time.
Tags: Army, Army Medical School, Biblical womanhood, Christian Faith, Holy matrimony, Homemaker, Human Interest, Kentucky, Mark Chanski, Marriage, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls
Conversation number 1 in a series on the topics found within the book 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter by author Vicki Courtney: Don’t be in Such a Hurry to Grow Up. If you have a daughter, I strongly urge you to get this book, read this book, read this book WITH your daughter. She needs this information and she needs to know what she’s facing in the world.
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Tags: Biblical womanhood, Books, Christian, Christian Faith, Conversations, Films, Halloween, Human Interest, Kentucky, Love, Mountains of Kentucky, Parenting, Raising girls, Reading, Self-image, Vicki Courtney
