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buttermilk biscuits

  • 3 cups self rising flour
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 stick softened butter or 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • extra flour for rolling, maybe a half cup at most

Mix all ingredients, first with a spoon then with your hands, it should be gooey, don’t really knead, but if necessary you can add a little more flour. Spread extra flour on rolling surface, just enough to cover well. Put dough on the flour then sprinkle more flour on top and roll to approx 1 and 1/4 inches thick, cut with cutter and place on oiled cookie sheet. Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes until they are golden brown on top.

notes- this is Georgia’s recipe and it is great, but Hannah is really the biscuit queen in our house, however she doesn’t use a recipe, she cooks like me, some of this and some of that. Don’t be afraid to start with a recipe and experiment. We don’t use shortening in our house, we usually use butter but you could use oil. For a biscuit cutter we use a plastic cup.

Great topped with butter, jam, honey, syrup, or gravy, also great for making sandwiches.

scrambled eggs and rice

This is one of our favorite lunches here. It is similar to an omelet. It is easy and quick. It includes cooked rice, so if you don’t have some already you will need to do that ahead of time. Tell me how you like it. This will make 4 servings. You can alter the ingredients to suite your taste.

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 1/2 small diced onion
  • 1/2 small diced green pepper
  • grated cheese (optional)
  • sliced mushrooms (optional)
  • diced chili peppers (optional)
  • diced tomatoes (optional)
  • 2 caps vegetable oil

Place the oil and onions, peppers and any other vegetables in a skillet on med/high. When they get half cooked, add eggs and stir with spatula. When eggs are cooked add warm cooked rice and stir for about 1 more minute. Remove from pan and serve with grated cheese on top. We make this often during the summer using fresh veggies from the garden.