Independence Day

Still working on Kyle's Independence...

Today they are installing the last window

and the A/C unit.

If they have time they might also do the door.

But since it's already 3:30,

that might not happen...

There is going to be LOTS of light in there.

The open end (which will be closed off eventually)

is the "living room" and the loft.

The door will be where the black pole is.

Still lots of work to do.

But it's coming along...

This is the side the door will be on.

And this is the kitchen side.

With all the on-lookers.

Left to right,

Roxy, Beau, Bandit, Shadow.

And of course the neighbor's cows in the

background, always watching...

Beau and cows.

They like each other.

Maybe because they both have 

big, black, flat, rubber noses...

Meanwhile, it's Wednesday,

so I washed all my eggs.

They are ready to deliver.

I need about 5 more to make 

one more carton... so I'll wait around

for a little bit.

Lay girls, LAY!

And I made 8 individual servings

of a yummy no bake cheesecake Kyle loves.

They are SUPER rich, so a tiny portion is

very satisfying.

Kyle's version has full sugar blueberry pie filling.

Rod's and mine are topped with sugar free

cherry pie filling.

Kyle sometimes gets them confused. 

(grin)

This is a "double batch".

1 cup heavy cream.

Whipped.

Add a splash of vanilla, a splash of almond extract,

and 2 T stevia sweetener.

Then drop 2 bricks of room temp cream cheese

into the bowl and whip that in too.

This time I used 1 brick of 1/3 less fat and 

1 brick of regular cuz that's what I had in the fridge.

It's good with either or both!

Whip it till its well mixed and then

spoon it into containers.

You CAN just spoon it into one container, 

but if Kyle lives in your house, 

it's better to portion it out for him.

Otherwise he thinks the whole thing

is a portion.

He really likes this stuff.

LOL

Last night's meatloaf turned out really good.

My experiment with the baked / grilled

onion was a bust. I ended up leaving them

in the oven for over an hour to get them

even close to what they get on the grill...

Oh well.

This afternoon I chopped one up pretty small,

browned it in a fry pan with some butter

and then added a couple of diced hot dogs.

Steamed up some cabbage, topped with more butter

and put the hotdog / onion concoction on the top.

It was a yummy lunch.

(The guys opted out of the cabbage and just ate

the dogs and onions...)