Author Portrait: stellajane

Today’s Recipe: True Grits

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stellajane

Here’s a delish recipe from my Auntie Alyson Oüten, who is coming with her sister to visit us in a couple of weeks. She’ll be staying in one of our outdoor tents like she always does. She’s a regular at our B&B and we all just LOVE her! (Psssst, she’s a great campfire cook.) http://www.raisingjane.org/journal/2263

Continue reading →

  1. Gabrielle says:
    October 3, 2011 at 10:31 am

    ooo, I’ve never put jalapenos in it. Definitely on my food list, now!

    Reply
  2. whittney says:
    December 28, 2011 at 8:49 am

    yummy ive got to try this with the hubby cause he loves jalapenos and it might just turn him on to grits, but as it stands now he not a fan. thanks for this

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: maryjane

Today’s Recipe: Portuguese Fish Stew

Posted on September 20, 2011 by maryjane

Much to my vicarious delight, vacation and work commitments recently took Alyson Oüten to Europe for a month; from Spain to Portugal to Italy and Israel. (If you read my magazine or CLUCK newsletter, you’re already familiar with Alyson.)

For some of my Geography Journal entries she’ll take you to each of those stops (and more!). Today she is off to Portugal to sample the delicious cuisine of Peniche.

Take it from here. It’s all yours, Aly!!!!!

Continue reading →

  1. Pingback: True Grits | Raising Jane Journal

  2. Gabrielle says:
    October 3, 2011 at 10:30 am

    YEP, so jealous! Looks good and easy to make!

    Reply
  3. Susan and Bill says:
    October 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Your blogs have convinced us to add Italy to our retirement bucket list…Thanks, Alyson!!

    Reply

  4. Pingback: Basque Country | Raising Jane Journal

  5. Pingback: There’s an App for that! (including delicious recipe) | Raising Jane Journal

  6. Mary Jean Factor says:
    August 14, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    I Love Clothespins. I tried to order the free sample offer from their website, but Paypal wouldn’t put the order through with a 0 in the price field even with the $3.50 shipping. I use them for many other purposes than hanging clothes. I clip my cracker and chip or any other food bags closed , when sewing I clip my pattern pieces together as used just in case I need to refer to the piece again. I clip my daily notes together, I clip my coupons together. I have one clipped onto the edge of a box lid turned upside down with any reminders I may need. And my binder clip holding cables for I-pod and camera hangs on the front “leg” of another clipped onto the box lid (The box lid holds small note pads and stickie pads and is on a shelf beside my computer). If I walked through my house I would probably be reminded of others, but this is seeming long. Oh One more- holding a recipe card!
    I love your mags and have subscribed from the beginning and now glad to check out the blog. Thanks for a wonderful and inspirational way of life. Mary Jean

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: maryjane

Today’s Recipe: Fast Food

Posted on September 13, 2011 by maryjane

How about all those bell peppers coming on? What’s a farmgirl to do?

Continue reading →

  1. Jean says:
    September 21, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    How about stuffed peppers. Stuff with a mixture of rice and cooked lentils, garlic & chopped onion, pop under broiler and … dinner. yummm

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: stellajane

All grown up

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stellajane

I went to our local farmers’ market this morning with my mother (Meg), sister Mia, and Nanny (MaryJane). BTW, I love it that my mother lets me choose my own style. I heard my mother say to Nanny, “I really don’t need anything this morning, it just makes me happy to be here with everyone.”

  1. Meg says:
    September 12, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    I have these moments where I feel like I might just cry I am so happy to enjoy all the delicious food and wares at our market. I am just so thankful to have all these talented folks in this little town sharing their skills with us! And…the little kids are pretty cute too! <3

    Reply
  2. Albuquerque preschool says:
    October 4, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    I’m really inspired together with your writing abilities as neatly as with the layout to your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it your self? Either way keep up the nice quality writing, it?s rare to see a great blog like this one today..

    Reply
    • MaryJane says:
      October 5, 2011 at 7:45 am

      Why, thank you! (And Meggie thanks you too but she isn’t here today.) Customizing WordPress like we did was no easy feat. First, Meg and I sketched out how we wanted it to look. We also dug around for clip art in old magazines and books to help us demonstrate to our graphic designer, Denali, what we had in mind. Then, she turned on her magic to create each layered layout/category. That took a couple of months on and off (we get interruptions to say the least). Next, Gabe fed what Denali came up with into WordPress. That took FOREVER, as in two months easy, because he had to learn from scratch. Putting a WordPress blog up isn’t so hard but one with so many categories and a certain look isn’t commonly done; it required lots of programming. Pages and pages of jibberish behind every comma, graphic, sentence. It’s like looking under the hood of a car, lots of wires going every which way. Anyway, we LOVE having a journal and sharing it with you is pure fun. We get to brainstorm ideas together and then step back to gander. It’s like scrapbooking on a daily basis. The neat thing about WordPress are the site stats. We’re getting about 6,000 views per week, 5,666 is the average to be exact. Our biggest day was 12,053 views! So far, we’ve posted 343 comments. That’s exciting for us. Our next big design project (that we’ve already embarked on) is to bring you along with us. Check out http://www.yougabgirl.com. But wait, do you like the domain http://www.girlsgabbing.com better for an umbrella website? In other words, we’re planning a BIG online party and you’re invited. We’ll even help you plan your outfit.

      Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: maryjane

Today’s Recipe: Smooth Move

Posted on September 9, 2011 by maryjane

I’m sure you know that old trick about freezing bananas that have seen better days. You hold onto them until the banana bread bug bites you bad, and then you embark on a marathon baking session.  Well, I’m a devotee of this method—it’s as if the freezer performs some magic to transform fruit that looks too ripe to even touch into an exotic delicacy.

Continue reading →

  1. jodie says:
    September 9, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Ty for the great recipes. I usually start out my morning with 2 C. soy milk, 2 carrots, 2 big handfuls of spinach, about 1 cup of fresh broccoli, 1 banana, and whatever frozen fruit is in the upstairs freezer. Blended this is enough for 2 people. Now with your recipes, I can change it up a bit.

    Reply
  2. Meg says:
    September 12, 2011 at 11:36 am

    Yum, Jodie, yours sounds delicious as well! I love spinach in a smoothie too!

    Reply
  3. Sadie says:
    January 11, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    Linking to you & spring boarding off of your recipes!

    Thank you so much for sharing & inspiring!!

    http://allnaturalme.com/blog/?p=2486

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: maryjane

Root Beer Floats

Posted on September 8, 2011 by maryjane

For no apparent reason (other than I think my employes are fabulous), I pampered them yesterday by delivering root beer floats to each and all. Mmmmmmmm, Julie’s organic ice cream, artisan root beer, spooned with love. Whatever floats your boat. Mine is all the work my employees accomplish!

  1. ace says:
    September 9, 2011 at 11:20 am

    ummm…one word, delicious! What a great way to start out Tuesday after Labor Day weekend! Thank you, thank you! 🙂

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: megan

Today’s Recipe: Block Party!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by megan

New to our neighborhood, we were invited to help our neighbors close down the street, lug grills and lawn chairs up the culdesac, and enjoy a good old-fashioned get-together.

Continue reading →

  1. Amy says:
    September 2, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    These posts always make me so hungry!

    Reply
  2. Meg says:
    September 9, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Amy~ Wish we were neighbors, then we could share recipes! And food!

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: maryjane

Today’s Recipe: Big Carrot

Posted on August 31, 2011 by maryjane

Ghoulies, groovies, I was working in my lab (greenhouse) one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.

My monster carrot from her slab (garden trough) began to rise,

and suddenly, to my surprise …

Continue reading →

  1. Ace says:
    September 1, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Can’t wait to make this tonight for dinner! (Except I will be substituting sweet potatoes for the regular potatoes) 🙂 I just can’t help myself! I am in love with the sweet potato- orange and sweet and tasty. yum.

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: megan

Today’s Recipe: Ooey Gooey Cookies

Posted on August 26, 2011 by megan

Continue reading →

  1. ace says:
    August 26, 2011 at 10:22 am

    LUCKY US! 🙂 My cohort Alicia and I were the recipients of these delicious little snackaroos in the office yesterday. We could not keep our paws off of them! If you make a cookies only once per year, let this recipe be the one. YUM. Thank you 11-year-old REBECCA!
    😀

    -ace

    Reply
  2. Alicia says:
    August 26, 2011 at 10:29 am

    These cookies are sooooo good!

    Reply
  4. Nancy says:
    September 1, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    I decided that I really needed some chocolate cookies and proceeded to make these. I discovered that I did NOT have a chocolate cake mix to used the yellow one and added 1/2 C dutch processed chocolate. They are wonderful. So easy! Next week I will try the recipe with a chocolate cake mix.

    Reply
  5. Meg says:
    September 7, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Nancy, that’s great to hear it worked with yellow cake mix too! Oh, we ate so many of these and I could still eat so many more!

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author Portrait: megan

Horse Picnic

Posted on August 22, 2011 by megan

The first thing we do is go to our greenhouse to harvest horse-size carrots for our horses to eat as part of the picnic feast.

Then we saddle up Paco and LB (Lightning Bolt) and head for the old homestead up on Paradise Ridge.

Continue reading →

  1. jeannie pierce says:
    September 6, 2011 at 5:23 am

    so wonderful…..what memories these picnics will make for your family!

    Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *