Elizabeth's Watermelon Cake

Elizabeth is home for the summer. One of the few things that she misses when she is away at college is baking. So this week for the church potluck she made a beautiful watermelon cake. No, it did not taste like watermelon! It was the Hershey's Cocoa Cake with buttercream frosting and a few chocolate chips for seeds. Not a crumb was left to bring home. :-)

maria's recipe plus katherine's garden equals delicious

When I work early voting during election times I work with several wonderful Ladies. During the lull between voters sometimes our conversation turns to recipes. One recently from Maria was a different way to fix squash because we were talking about how prolific Katherine's garden seemed to be. So I tried out the recipe a few weeks ago with one of the first squash pickings and it was really good. Then this week I altered it a little because Katherine harvested a huge zucchini squash. Now that was delicious. I'll have to share more of their recipes sometimes.

Maria's Squash Bake
pour a small layer of spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a baking dish, layer sliced squash on top, then sprinkle with mozerella cheese, repeat layers. I layered about three times before the dish was full ended with spaghetti sauce on top with one more layer of mozarella.  Baked for about 30 minutes at 350. Yummy!

This is Matthew holding the zucchini we used.

Happy Birthday Patricia

My sister Patricia is having a birthday today. I remember one special birthday that she had for us. The summer she got her first job, at Dart In, she received her first check shortly before her birthday, and went shopping. Who knew what she was doing. But on her birthday she presented us all with gifts. What a giving heart.
She still has that today always caring for others. I don't remember the gift she gave me but I do remember how special I felt. She has always taken such care to listen and watch my children, learning their interests and then purchasing them just the perfect gifts. And even after having surgery on Friday a belated birthday card arrived today for Daniel with a gift card to go get that special something.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICIA --I hope your day is wonderful and you are up and around soon.

Love you!