This and That

I haven't cooked much in the last week or two. Just my old standbys that I've shared on here multiple times already. So instead of sharing a recipe today, I thought I'd just share some random fun photos.

First, my One Word for 2019. And I did a painting of it. This is my first ever oil painting. Such fun!

 Next, some spring flowers at the church, arranged by a member of the flower guild. Gorgeous! And some of the flowers were out of the yard of another member.

And those flowers made me think of my Valentine's Day gift from hubby!

And another inadvertent gift--a display of my books at the church library! I was touched to see it.

 Oh, wait. I DID cook a little! In addition to making dinner on Valentine's Day, I baked my husband's favorite: brownies. And I made them in a heart shaped pan. :) I also tried, for the first time, a sugar-free mix. They turned out good!

I also got to spend time recently with the grand dogs! Here I am with my spoiled rotten grandchild. I can't imagine the joy of maybe one day having human grandchildren. :)

And speaking of animals... COVER REVEAL!

I'm thrilled to be a part of this devotional book coming soon from Guideposts! I'll share a link later once it is released.

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Valentine's Day Brownies

Valentine Brownies with Tina Radcliffe

Martha Stewart gets the credit for this ingenious idea, but I used my old standby EASY homemade brownie recipe.

½ cup (1 stick) butter melted

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract


2 eggs

1/2 cup flour


1/3 cup cocoa

¼ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease 9 inch square baking pan.

Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs and beat. Stir together the dry ingredients. Slowly add to egg mixture, beating until well blended. Spread batter into pan.

Bake 20-25 minutes until brownies pull away from pan. Cool completely.

For today’s fun I made a double batch and used a 9” x 13” pan and improvised on the time (it took almost twice as long).

Cut the brownies out with a small heart shaped cookie cutter. Decorate.

Roll the leftover brownie into balls and coat in cocoa or powdered sugar or nuts. Your choice.

Mine ended up looking like Martha was drinking while she made them. Sigh. But they were delicious!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Tina Radcliffe

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