Sauerbraten is a traditional German dish that Mr. Décor grew to love when we were stationed at Ramstein A.F.B. I try to make it for him at least once a year. “Sauer” means exactly what it sounds like~ sour or pickled. “Braten” means roast meat. It is so tender and easy to make in a crockpot.   Keep reading for the easy recipe. 3 to 5 pound beef sirloin roast or brisket  2 cups of homemade (or 1 box) beef broth or stock 4 potatoes, 4 carrots and 1 onion all thinly sliced 1 cup ... View the Post

Yesterday I shared my yummy baked boysenberry French toast. To really make it something special I added an easy to make berry syrup. Keep reading to see how easy it is to make and what else you can use it for. Laura’s Homemade Berry Syrup 2  1/2 cups of berries (I used fresh strawberries and boysenberries, but you could use frozen.) 1/2 cup of sugar (more or less can be used to taste) 1/4 cup of water Sprinkle the berries with the sugar. (Try to capture a nice action shot.) After ... View the Post

I imagine that like me many of you have pinned several recipes to your Pinterest board and then never did anything else. Last week I decided to change all that.  Since it was spring break I took advantage that I had a week off of school and spring cleaned my house from top to bottom in addition to doing a million things to prepare our condo for sale. Unbelievably during this chaos my family still expected hot meals. :) Now Mr. Décor is the type of man that when he is doing hard, manly labor ... View the Post

As you may know we are updating the condo our daughter lived in while attending ASU. She has graduated so we are now ready to sell it. We did try to sell it for a great price without updates.  We received the nicest compliments about how clean it was, that it was in good shape, the bathroom was amazing... the only complaints and reasons for not purchasing the property were along the lines of “the kitchen appliances and flooring were dated”. Our mistake was that we had assumed someone would ... View the Post

The citrus crop here in Arizona has been really fantastic this year. It has been fun creating new recipes that feature oranges and lemons. I had received a lemon tea bread recipe years ago from a friend and made it my own by the addition of blueberries and the icing. My family LOVES this bread. Keep reading for the delicious recipe. Now that I am going to the local farmers market every Saturday for fresh produce I have made a few new friends. Otto is a German immigrant who now grows ... View the Post

Earlier this week we lost a national treasure. Without question or contest Shirley Temple was the biggest child star to ever grace the big screen. She ruled the box office throughout the 1930’s~ Hollywood’s golden age. It is amazing for me to think about that, even 40 years later, when I was a child growing up in the 70’s I lived for early Sunday mornings. The local television station would host “The Shirley Temple Hour”. I remember wanting to sing and dance just like Shirley. I loved her ... View the Post