~kitchens...european style~

Happy Wednesday friends!

Seriously, I can't believe it's

already hump day!!

all this fall like weather has

definitely gotten me in the

mood for cooking!

why is it, as soon as the weather

gets cool I get the urge to

 cook up a bunch of

homestyle meals????

in fact, I was feeling so nostalgic

a couple nights ago.....

I actually made my family,

shhhhhh......come close......

a little closer.....

can you hear me?

.......hamburger gravy......

oh and it gets better.....

ready?

are you still close?

.....served over toast......

wow...

~*~

disclaimer.....

for all of you "gravy over toast types"

my deepest apologies right now

and know that I love you just the

way you are!!

 anyhoo.....

Mr. T & T comes into the kitchen

and says, "what is......that??"

like seriously shocked....

you see, we've always been the

"clean protein with salad & veggies types"

{boy, you'd think I'd be skinny or something....} 

I mean, we never eat gravy anything...

except at Thanksgiving.....

but my mom used to feed us that

and I was just feeling like

"hey, let's give it a whirl...."

my girls were saying..."how about

biscuits instead of toast, mom?"....

"really mom?  on toast?"

I'm like, noooooo, you gotta eat it

the way I did! hee hee.....

so you're wondering.....did they eat it?

was it yummy?

well, of course!

do you know the fastest, easiest gravy recipe??

this is from an vintage {of course!} southern

cookbook.....brown the meat, whatever it is,

add 2 cans of evaporated milk & bring

to a gentle boil while stirring constantly.

If it still needs thickened, use the corn starch

in cold water method.

{mix a heaping TBSP of cornstarch with 1/4 cup water,

mix well, add to the gravy & stir}

but ya know~ all the home cookin' doesn't really

do much for the ol' figure....

but the running does....

it is helping.....apparently...

so says Mr. T & T anyway.

I can't tell that much~

 but if he can ~ great!

so after my last post on Monday

I went running in the cool wet weather~

it felt great!

and I ran...drumroll please.....................

33 minutes!

woo-hoo!!

oh is this kitchen just so fabulous?

love the cozy quaintness of it!

Hope you're all having a fabulous week!

xoxo,

Shellagh

{all images via pinterest}