Category Archives: Casseroles

Breakfast, Casseroles

October is Lovina’s 12-year column anniversary, with four preschoolers

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Another week has already gone by, which makes it time to get this column written. The weeks just fly by. I write my columns in one-subject notebooks which have amounted to quite a few in the years of penning this column. This month 12 years ago is when I wrote my first column. I think … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats

A pony, A wedding, and a children’s cornfield hideaway

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A lovely Tuesday evening! It was a chilly 41 degrees this morning but warmed up into the 70s. Right now it is pretty quiet in this house. Six of our children decided to go the four miles to sister Emma and Jacob’s house. Some rode the ponies and some biked. They wanted to go see Jacob’s … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, Casseroles

Routine surgery takes scary turn

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It is Sunday evening around 9 p.m. All is quieting down here at the Eicher homestead. Tomorrow looks like a busy day and this column needs to be in the mail. Son Joseph, 12, had surgery on Thursday to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. We arrived home by 4 p.m. and were thankful all went … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Garden goodies and a midsummer night’s sleepover

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We are having all kinds of garden goodies lately. It makes meal planning so much easier. Our first batch of sweet corn is ready. We’ve also been enjoying tomatoes, green beans, buttered red beets, zucchini, cucumbers and hot peppers. The peas are now over for the season. IMG_2984Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables

Wedding prep and washer breakdown: all in a week’s work

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All is quiet here at the Eicher household. Everyone has retired for the evening. I will be glad to join them, but I can’t neglect the duty of getting this column ready for the mail tomorrow. I will leave early to go help bake pies at brother Albert’s house. Albert and Sarah Irene’s daughter, Irene, is … Continue Reading ››