herbiehancock

Penny at Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen is hosting her second annual  Kitchen Reveal . I'd love to peek into your kitchens to see where all of you come up with the wonderful recipes I see on your blogs and thought it would be fun to participate this year. So, welcome to my kitchen... where Karen cooks! Here's the kitchen from the dining room. This is a one-butt kitchen. More than that and it gets crowded real quick. These stand-alone cupboards and microwave stand were here when we moved into the house. They were white and my gardener painted them green this summer. They sure do help with storage, but one of these days, I'd like to have some built-ins in their place.  The ivory refrigerator was also here when we moved in, and eventually I'll replace it (and the microwave) to match the other appliances. Yes, the front of my refrigerator is always that clutter-free. I keep a calendar, a freezer inventory and a few pictures on the side of the fridge. The only thing on the front ...

I haven't had you up and dancing for quite a while.  Yes, I know it is all cold and snowy outside, but I'm just going to ignore that for now and dance anyway.   My older son will be here soon, home for a short weekend, and I am mixing up some brownies to put in the oven.  When I'm cooking in the kitchen, I like to put on some music and dance while I am doing it.  It's kind of like that scene in the movie, "The Big Chill"  when the characters dance around the table in the kitchen.  Do you remember that one? The music I'm listening to while I'm dancing isn't the song they had playing, though.  I'm listening to Lou Bega sing "Baby, Keep Smiling."  The lyrics begin with the words, "It's hot outside."  Of course, that couldn't be further from the truth, but it seems like the perfect song to cheer me up when it is cold outside, and I'm stuck inside.  It goes like this. I hope you all are having a good weekend!