I helped Momma make dinner tonight.  I made the dumplings for chicken vegetable soup!  This is how you make them.

First I start to boil water like I am making noodles.

I put 2 duck eggs with about 3 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups water and 1 tsp salt in a big bowl.  I mixed it all together. If it is too liquidy, add a little flour at a time till it gets stiff, but add a little water at a time till it gets less stiff.  You have to play with the consistency you like.

Put the dumpling dough into the boiling water by spoonfuls.  Teaspoon size cook faster and better.  You can make them bigger or smaller depending on what you like.  You know when they are done when they float to the top, but let them cook a minute or two longer just to be sure.  Use a slotted spoon to spoon out the dumplings and put them in a big bowl.  Keep adding dough till you are done.

When the dumplings are cooked, put some butter on top and let sit a minute.  Add salt and garlic powder if you like it.  Then eat with soup.  Or just eat it plain like Grandpa likes too.

I have been wanting to make this since Christmas.  Momma has been buying the ingredients on sale. Yesterday, I could make it finally!  I changed the different recipes we had to make my own mixture.

• 3 cups Corn Chex
• 3 cups Rice Chex
• 3 cups Bugles
• 2 cups Pretzel Sticks
• 2 cups Rye bagel chips broken in half
• 1 stick Butter
• 3 Tbl coconut oil
• 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 6 dashes Franks Red Hot Sauce (you can hardly taste it)
• 3 cloves mashed garlic
• 1 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt *
• 1/4 teaspoon Onion Powder

Put all the crunchy stuff in a big bowl.

Melt the butter and coconut oil over low heat.  Add all the seasoning.

Taste and adjust seasonings if needed.

Put crunchy stuff on cookie sheet with sides and pour butter with seasonings over while stirring.

Bake at 250 degrees until mix is dry (about 1 hour and a half) Stir every so often.  Cool and store in an airtight container, if it lasts that long!

Then I tried it again and browned the butter first and added more mashed garlic. I also omitted the Rye bagel chips and added nuts.

*I made this blend and used in places of Lawry’s; 2 Tbl Salt, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp turmeric, 1/4 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp garlic powder.

When Mommy asks me to make her my extra special breakfast, this is what she wants.

All you need is an apple, some peanut butter*, raisins and a BIG smile!

*It is also goooood with almond butter.

I made dumplings for dinner. This recipe is passed down from my Great Grandma Bea. She taught Grandma and Momma learned it from her.  I learned it from Momma. Here is the recipe

• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 eggs

Mix together and the dough will be gooey.  You can add more water or flour if you need to.  Mine was a little gooey, but was still good.

Get a spoon and get about 1/4 a spoonful of dumpling stuff in it.  Drop the dough into boiling water. Wait till it goes to the top, and put in a container.  Stir occasionally.  Momma said it is okay to make a bunch of dumplings before taking them out if you want.  If you don’t cook them long enough, they will be very very gooey and gross!

Momma said the BEST way to eat them is with butter, onions and garlic powder and a little salt.  We had them in tomato soup, but having them in home made chicken egg drop soup is much better!

I asked Momma one day how to make fried eggs. She said I could make them for breakfast! Here is how to make them!

Crack an egg into a hot frying pan with butter or coconut oil. I like the one with butter better.

I made five eggs. It is hard to crack an egg and put it into a frying pan without egg shells.

Momma said there was two ways to fry an egg. The easier way is put on a lid with some water on it. The harder one, you flip the egg. I did the easier way.

Put the cooked egg on a plate. You have to put it carefully on or else it will break. Put on pepper and Daddy likes curry powder.

Make it look pretty. Take it to the table. Eat and enjoy while hot!