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Mushrooms don’t store well for long periods of time so dehydrating is a great way to preserve mushrooms for future use. When you see your mushrooms are starting to look a little shrivelled and you are not ready to use them then this is a great time to consider drying the mushrooms in the oven. It only takes 2 hours on low heat with little preparation time. Equipment Needed Baking Tray Rack – This baking tray with an oven safe rack from Amazon is top rated and great value. Parchment or Baking Paper Recycled Glass Jar Label – These reusable...

We’ve got a debut murder mystery for you to put on your radar. Check out the cover for You’re Next by Kylie Schachte, out June 2020, and read the exclusive excerpt below! When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself—and everyone she loves—on the list of who’s next. Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. After stumbling upon a classmate’s body years ago, the trauma of that discovery and the police’s failure to find the killer has haunted...

This version of the pumpkin gingerbread recipe is full of warm spices and a little healthier than most recipes!  I’m about to share something near and dear to my heart. Pumpkin Gingerbread I cannot tell you how much I love this recipe. It’s such an easy recipe but makes a delicious loaf with lots of warm flavor. It’s not overly sweet and it’s not overly heavy. It won’t leave you feeling like you ate a brick. I mean, we all know that feeling after inhaling Starbuck’s Pumpkin Bread right? Tastes so good in the moment and the WHAM, we realize...

They looked like petals or fall leaves so decided to arrange them like flowers. I added a finely chopped pear and a little soft thyme from the garden along with some ground toasted hazelnuts. I made some pumpkin butter to flavour the mascarpone frosting. I’m not that keen on normal buttercream so i always frost my cakes with mascarpone mixed with cream. Jump to Recipe Butternut squash crisps The crisps wont stay crisp for long and absorb the moisture from the air so add to the cake just before serving. I made a few batches of them and added some...

Here’s what you missed last week from my small corner of the crochet world… The Latest… Last week we began the spider web edging for our Halloween doily crochet-a-long! You can find the instructions here! Tomorrow we’re be embellishing the doily and have it finished with plenty of time before Halloween. Grab your markers and rubbing alcohol… Tomorrow’s winner for the free digital copy of Annie’s new book entitled A Very Crochet Christmas! will be announced! Past Free Pattern! What free crochet pattern was posted last week? Ghostly Quartet – Ghost Patterns Revisited! Don’t let these ghosts scare you away!...