Kyle Hayward

I love the smell of hardwood smoke...I can tell Shagbark Hickory from maple from oak from cherry-very distinctive.
I get a warm, homey feeling when I smell it out on my dog walks, more so than when I have a fire in the home.

Eating Breyer's coffee ice "cream" as I read this...nuff said.

I use  a large can in my white bean chili recipe instead of tomatoes.

The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Milman (sp) when I was 19... the book NOT the movie.

Deane Adams wrote:AS always, another day sober.  Yowza, 46 years!!!

Peace

Me too, 17 years, all one day at a time...I'm grateful for my gainfully employed 23 yr old adult son graduate, who lives with me until he get's his own place, is currently vacuuming the entire house.

I make two of these at a time and freeze one for later. I also put in walnuts, sunflower seeds, cranberries and lot's of cinnamon and leave out the sugar for stevia and also use applesauce instead of eggs.

EASY YOGURT CAKE
Mix a few cheap ingredients in one bowl and bake the easiest yogurt cake ever, so delicious, moist, with hints of lemon and fruity jam. Plus, it's low sugar and packed with yogurt.
*The recipe has been updated for more deliciousness!
Prep Time
5minutes mins
Cook Time
40minutes mins
Total Time
45minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, DessertKeyword: yogurt cake Servings: 8 Calories: 287kcal Author: Katia
Ingredients
1 cup (250gr) plain yogurt
2 leveled cups (250gr) all-purpose flour or light spelt flour (I mixed both)
1/2 cup (100gr) white or unrefined cane sugar
1/2 scant cup (approx 80gr) vegetable oil (I used canola oil)
2 eggs, at room temperature
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 Tsp Vanilla essence
1-2 Lemon, zest*
1 pinch salt
JAM GLAZE
3 Tbsp apricot or orange jam
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F°/180C° and place the rack in the middle position.
Grease a 9x5x2.5 inch loaf pan with butter, cooking spray, or simply line the pan with parchment paper (in this case there's no need to grease the pan).
Mix eggs and sugar, then add oil, lemon zest, vanilla essence and mix again. Add yogurt (not very cold) and mix it into a smooth consistency. All in one bowl.
Whisk flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt together and add to the wet batter until just combined.
Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
When the cake is done, remove it from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
You can serve it plain or brushed with some quick and easy jam glaze which adds a lovely shine and flavor.
I glazed this cake brushing some warm orange jam on top (see notes)*.
Video
Notes
Flour:  you can use white whole wheat, spelt, rice flour or all-purpose flour. Personally, I prefer mixing light spelt flour and all-purpose flour.
Gluten-free flour: I tested the recipe using rice flour and it turned out well. I stirred the four into the batter and mixed well until smooth, then I baked it 5 minutes longer. It had a good rise and lovely flavor. However, it might be a bit less moist than its regular version, but perfectly enjoyable and not dry.
Lemon flavor: add the zest of 2 large lemons if you prefer to boost the lemon flavor.
Fruit glaze: put 3 tablespoons of apricot or orange jam into a small saucepan. Heat gently over low heat until the jam has melted and If it looks too thick adjust the consistency with a tiny bit of warm water. When the glaze is the consistency of runny honey, brush the yogurt cake straight away.
Baking the cake in a round pan rather than a loaf pan reduces the baking time (approx 30-35 minutes).
Keeps well for 4 days at room temperature, in an airtight container.
Do not refrigerate (refrigeration dries this cake out!)
Freezable.

I guess I'm lucky, there isn't a vegetable I won't eat and none that I avoid, been like that since I was kid.

I visit New Mexico every year to camp, backpack, raft and tour.
The BLM lands there are very beautiful, accessible and least restrictive, we don't really have those in the Midwest (NE).

Good Bones

By Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

Thanks for starting this Joseph!

Just got my order in.

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