EASTER SUNDAY RECIPE

Mushroom & Asparagus Omlette

3-4 shoots asparagus, grilled or steamed***4 fresh mushrooms, sliced***3 eggs, beaten***2 slices swiss cheese***butter


Saute asparagus & mushrooms in 10" skillet in real butter for 3-4 minutes, turn out into plate. In same skillet, add a little more butter and pour in the eggs, stirring a little to cook bottom. Add veggies in a row in the middle of the pan, place cheese on top, fold over both edges to middle, and slide out onto plate, Serve with toasted sourdough bread & orange juice...you will be praising the Lord for those veggies!!!

EXTREME GARAGE MAKEOVER...more progress

...as always is the problem, the last picture i load is the first shown, and i can't figure out how to re-arrange these, so here's the finished wall...ready for priming/painting. we're getting dangerously close to the finish, and it looks like we're way under budget!
as my knees aren't completely healthy, i figured out a way to hang insulation an easier way...use my mechanics stool on rollers! rory & annie were a great help...they babysat luke, the son of my helper JP.
...and here's the east wall, stripped of everything and ready for insulation & wallboard.

EXTREME GARAGE MAKEOVER-paint crew

The paint crew made and unexpected visit on Sunday afternoon to start priming the north wall. Zinsser primer was used (we hope that it is as good as KILZ...it was a lot cheaper, which usually isn't a good thing when it comes to paint.) 1 gallon just barely did the north wall, so we hope it did its job. Next step will be deciding on a finish color and applying that...will probably use a Benjamin Moore product (have had very good experience with coverage with that brand recently)







Here are a couple of pictures of the paint foreman on the job...she's a hottie! Too bad her husband is a lazy bum and made her do all the work(he actually did the majority of the roller work from the ground) and did make a wonderful chicken bacon Alfredo pizza for the crew afterward.

SUNDAY'S RECIPE(S)

Here's a couple easy recipes...maybe you have them already in your recipe box!

EASY CHICKEN PARMESAN

3 whole boneless chicken breast, cut in half and pounded to 1/2" thick *** 1 pkg dry zesty spaghetti sauce mix *** 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese *** sliced Swiss cheese

Mix the dry spaghetti seasoning mix and Parmesan cheese, place into piepan. Roll and press breading mixture into chicken. Spray large rimmed baking pan and place breasts onto...bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn oven off, open door, and put slice of Swiss onto each breast. Close door and dish up rest of meal, then get a breast out of the oven. Its such a simple recipe, but the flavor is great...light but yet delicious.

GRILLED ASPARAGUS

1 bunch asparagus *** olive oil *** salt *** other favorite spices

Wash asparagus and cut off tough bottoms. Dry lightly on paper towel, then sprinkle with olive oil and salt. At this point you could try addt'l spices...rosemary, lemon pepper, cayenne, curry powder or others. Grill on medium to hot grill for about 5 minutes...turning frequently, till you just get to see dark spots on the shoots and they are starting to be tender. You want them to be cooked only al dente.. but they will be tremendous!

EXTREME GARAGE MAKOVER-wallboard going up

A very good friend of mine and a brother in Christ, John Stucky, or as I nicknamed him 9 years ago when he first came to work with us at Schaben.."JP", came to help with the construction Saturday. He's about 20 years younger than I , 6" taller, and his knees are still good.
We got started about 1pm, and got the north wall done by 4p...just in time for me to clean up and go to a wedding. Things went very smoothly...we both measured, I did the sawing, we both would hold the sheets up, and then we'd screw them down. Its really starting to shape up nicely. Today we will go into town for racking and KILZ, then painting starts next week.

EXTREME GARAGE MAKEOVER progress...

Work has begun in earnest! The insulation crew didn't arrive on the jobsite till late Friday afternoon, but the time they put in was made the most of. Here you can see the R-11 insulation being installed between studs on the north wall. They hope to keep ahead of the wall hanging crew, which will start Saturday after lunch. A trip to a big box in Wichita has been planned for Sunday to pickup pallet racking and KILZ for the primer coat. The paint crew has been notified that they may be able to start as early as next week Monday with the primer coat...if all proceeds as planned. A stormy weekend is forecast which may put a bit of a damper on
progress.

The film crew & Ted Baxter from WKRP in Cinncinati has yet to show up, so said documentation shall have to suffice.....

EXTREME GARAGE MAKEOVER-FUNKS HIBRIDS

Funk's Hibrid's is branching out onto a new, unchartered project for the company. The president/CEO of Funk's Hibrid's and his wife asked for an extreme makeover on their garage. After 21 years of accumulative junk has collected in their garage, the couple would like it transformed into a nice looking garage and combination woodworking shop. WKRP in Cinncinati was contacted to do the live remotes, and as soon as chief field reporter Ted Baxter gets his wardrobe picked, they will be documenting via live remote the actual demolition/rebuild. In the meanwhile, these stills will journal the project.

In the picture to the left, you can see the current state of the garage...accumulating chemicals, lawn items, car parts and the like. No one knows the actual date that the tornado blew thru?! Some demolition materials can be seen in the left of the picture.

The top picture shows the north wall after demolition...hangars, screws, assorted mini-shelves, and a rikety shelf unit have been removed in preparation of the next step in the project. Plans are to insulate between the studs, attach OSB board and paint the walls. A new handmade woodworking cabinet has been purchased and will be set on the north wall along with a band saw, table saw, radial arm saw, and joiner. New pallet racking and enclosed cabinets will be placed on the east wall to complete the job. The budget of $1000.00 has been set as a goal by the company...we'll see if they make their goal.

Watch for more details as the project progresses...

SUNDAY'S RECIPE

DOGGIE BISCUITS

3-1/2 cups white flour +++ 2 cups rye flour +++ 1 cup cornmeal +++ 2 cups cracked wheat +++ 1/2 cup instant non-fat dry milk +++ 4 tsp. salt +++ 1 pkg active dry yeast +++ 1/4 cup very warm water +++ 2 to 3 cups chicken broth +++ 1 large egg beaten with 1 TBSP milk

Mix all ingredients up to/including salt in large bowl. Sprinkle yeast into warm water in small bowl and stir to dissolve. Add yeast mix and 2 cups broth to dry ingredients and mix well with hands(dough will be very stiff), adding addt'l broth as needed. Roll dough out to 1/4" thickness and cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased cookie sheets (parchment paper lined would be easier) and brush with egg-milk mix. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes, then turn off oven and leave pans in oven overnite. Place into airtight containers and dispense to your favorite hound as desired!

***NOTE - biscuits are human edible, albeit very hard/crunchy. Our female corgi had developed a sore on her front paw which we determined was an allergy that she always licked. We quit giving her store-bought biscuits and gave her these instead...sore is gone!.. plus, you know what's in the treat you give your animal, and its not chicken feathers! (otherwise known as chicken by-products)