Category Archives: Breakfast

Wedding preparations continue as September begins

September 10, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 3 Comments

We have entered September. Today is the 1st, so we are only a month away from daughter Loretta and Dustin’s wedding day. Time does not stand still. We had a break in the humidity and heat. Nights are cool which makes for nice sleeping weather. My gardens are emptying out with only tomatoes and peppers … Continue Reading ››

Breads and Muffins, Breakfast, Desserts

Freshening Up the House & Upcoming Vacation

August 13, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

We enter August with some much cooler than normal temperatures. We painted sons Joseph’s and Kevin’s bedrooms last week. Our next project is to paint the bedroom daughters Loretta and Lovina share. Loretta has moved a lot of her things over to Dustin’s house, so now with the room emptier, we decided to paint it. … Continue Reading ››

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A birthday party “surprise”

June 25, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

Our work night at daughter Susan’s house last week proved to be a success. The majority of our church showed up to help with whatever needed to be done. Some fences were put up, flower beds were made, weeding and trimming were done, and the barn was cleaned. Then the ladies washed walls and windows, … Continue Reading ››

Breakfast, Casseroles

Warm days for tilling and planting

May 7, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen

Today was our first day of 80-degree weather this year and we enjoyed the great outdoors. Daughters Susan and Verena and grandchildren Jennifer and Ryan came last night and are staying again tonight. Susan and I worked on getting everything organized for the garage sale we are having here Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Susan has … Continue Reading ››

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Eicher family continues to pray for healing

February 5, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 9 Comments

It is now 25 days since sister Susan has been in the hospital. She seems to be losing out fast. She is back on the ventilator and had another surgery due to more bleeding. This time it was what the doctors thought could be an aneurysm in her lungs. All the bleeding has taken a … Continue Reading ››

Breakfast

Eicher family celebrates Jennifer’s third birthday

January 29, 2021 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 12 Comments

Supper is being made on the grill, which gives me time to write this column. It’s just daughter Loretta and the boys home again, so our table seems empty. Daughter Lovina is at daughter Susan’s house this week. Daughter Verena and sister Verena headed out for Indianapolis, IN, this morning. Yesterday the doctors said only one … Continue Reading ››

Breakfast

A day in the life of Lovina Eicher’s family

October 9, 2020 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

4 a.m. My alarm rings… I get up to make breakfast for son Joseph, eighteen. He helps me fill his water cooler and pack his lunch. His work crew is leaving early because they are building a pole barn close to Lake Erie, which is a two-hour drive away. For breakfast I make scrambled eggs … Continue Reading ››

Breads and Muffins, Breakfast

Summer rain, Father’s Day, and home renovations

July 3, 2020 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

Recently, we received over an inch of much-needed rain. The grass was turning brown, so the rain will help the grass and the crops in the fields. The irrigation system has been running in the big farmers’ fields. In some places, the water from the irrigation flies over the road. When we use the covered … Continue Reading ››

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Early summer brings garden growth and baby chicks

June 26, 2020 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

It is Tuesday evening here in Michigan at the Eicher homestead. All is quiet with only son Kevin and daughter Loretta home with Joe and me. The rest of our children here at home went to a wedding for supper. Daughter Susan and Mose are making living quarters in the finished side of our pole … Continue Reading ››

Amish Family Recipes, Breakfast, Casseroles

Spring memories while staying home

April 24, 2020 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

As I’m writing this on April 16, I remember that thirty-nine years ago today my oldest sibling, sister Leah, and Paul were joined in holy matrimony. I was in third grade at the time and remember seeing my mother cry as the bishop was uniting Paul and Leah in marriage. I could not understand why … Continue Reading ››