Summer Cuke Salad

If you garden and have any amount of cucumbers planted then you understand the saying "over run." Our cucumbers this year have provided in abundance. I already have 16 quarts of pickles put up, and dehydrated several quart bags full as well. Even after all this i am over run. I have given some away and I have made the typical summer treat of cukes and onions in vinegar and water. 

I finally decided I needed something new to try, and found this recipe on Pinterest (of course).

Super easy to whip up and definitely refreshing on a hot day. 

Mix together these ingredients: 

2 tsp coarse sea salt ( I used one)

1 TBSP Sour Cream

1 tsp finely chopped onion

1 tsp fresh dill

1 tsp Vinegar

1 tsp Sugar

Pour over and stir on 1 large Cucumber and chill.

Easy as that! My mother in law swears this is almost just like the recipe that she had as a child!! I always love new "old" recipes. 

Miss E turns 2!

It's amazing how quickly time moves. It does not seem that our little one can be 2 already! She was just a newborn yesterday right?

The day we brought Miss E home

This year's party theme was Winnie The Pooh. Miss E just loves Winnie, and his hunny! 

My mom had a bear shaped cake pan that I used for her cake, and thanks to my SIL Fancy Farm Chic for her Hot Water Chocolate Cake recipe, the cake was super easy to make! Fine the recipe here. I just frosted the cake and left off the toppings.

The bumble bee cupcakes (complete with chocolate chip stingers) were made gluten free with rice flour. I simply halved my cake recipe and used the rice flour in replacement of regular APF. Our niece, Kennady has been gluten intolerant since birth. The other bonus of this cake recipe is also low dairy content. Miss E can have small amounts of dairy with out an adverse reaction, such as a cake with only butter in it would be OK for her. If there was another add in such as milk, or sour cream that would push her into a reaction. 

I used a store bought  frosting  this year to ensure we had good frosting that was gluten, and dairy free. ( I would have preferred to use less processed, home made frosting, but found myself a bit lazy this year.)

We had a houseful of family and friends that are like family. Unfortunately it was 105 the day of the party (which coincidentally was the temp the day Emma was born), and we were all cooped up in the house including the 4 youngest grandchildren ranging ages 5 to 2. Surprisingly all went well, and a good time was had.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girl!