Skillet Bread

Italian Skillet Bread...

We normally just call this "Skillet Bread", but since this is Jenny's  Alphabe-Thursday's "I"  and since I typically make this with "Italian-inspired" entrees like Chicken Parmesan and Spaghetti...I thought "Italian Skillet Bread" was perfect.

And I had to go over to Jo's awesome Giveaway...

...which brought me to Happier Than a Pig in Mud...so I'm linking on to her fun food BlogHop this week!

And also joining in with Alicia for Friday Photo Flashback. 

...and with Mel for Fancy Friday.

...and with Dolly & Lorrie's co-hosting their Recipe Swap Meet

...and with Bibi for Foodie Wednesday.

...and with April for  Military Monday blog hop.

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First, a little bit about this yummy bread...

Amongst some of our kids' favorite requests when they come to visit, this little tasty tidbit makes its way with a meal...cuz its so quick and easy!  

...um...did I say "So Easy!"...This yummy addition to any meal is "Super-duper Easy!"

I do make it with the Chicken Parmesan, Eggplant Parmesan, Spaghetti...but also have made it to go with soup or chili...   I don't do measurements with this, but for this post, I tried to keep some of it in mind as well as the time and temp...

So here we go...

~ITALIAN SKILLET BREAD~

1. Ingredients are:  1 can of the biscuits, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, butter

(A non-stick skillet and lid).

2. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet on low to medium.
Add a thin layer of garlic powder and parmesan cheese to the bottom of the skillet.
Pop the biscuits open (This still is such fun to do!)

3. Add the biscuits on top of the butter, garlic powder and parmesan cheese..in one layer...looks like a flower :o) Add about one more tablespoon of butter...I just put some pats of butter right on the biscuits.

And sprinkle more garlic powder and parmesan cheese to your taste.

Cover and let the one side brown on the medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes or til golden brown.

 4. When one side is brown, I just slide the biscuits onto the cover and then use the lid to flip the biscuits back into the skillet, so that the other side will be browned.

5. Keep covered and keep cooking on medium heat til brown. Check and see that biscuits are cooked through with no doughy consistency. (About 5 to 6 minutes).

6. Flip onto a plate and serve hot! Yumm! Hope I explained it clearly. Enjoy!

(***I'm glad that I was able to join in this week in the fun blog hops/memes! Actually surprised that I was able to get this post together!...hm...I made that skillet bread so that I could post pictures with this post... and with our kids living out of state and my hubby at work... there's nobody ("no buddies") to share it with...***)

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Here is a photo of our daughter Girly~Twirly and her boyfriend when they came home on their Spring Break this year. I know that I made the Italian Skillet Bread when they were home...but I guess, I didn't take any photos of any of our meals together!

 & here is a photo of my Handsome Honey with our son Heartbreaker and his girlfriend, when they came to visit during Spring Break this year...
(I couldn't find any photos of us when we had the skillet bread....but you can see the Monkey Bread (aka Pluck Cake aka Pull Aparts) that I had made when they were home.

(I was going to share that monkey bread recipe...that I had been making since 1984, when a dear friend shared me her recipe! ...now you can find that yummy recipe right on the packages of the Pillsbury biscuits!)

...besides Sweet Jo already shared this on her post along with her delicious looking Cordon Bleu recipe.

....and I also couldn't figure out a way to incorporate the letter "I" with "monkey bread! :o)

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Have to get an order out today, so will close with only these art pieces that were recently done.

I realize that many of you are familiar with the art that I do....but for those that are new to my blog, every art piece that I do is drawn entirely with a person's name. Please take a look at more past orders on my facebook page...and I'd love if you become a "fan" of it by "liking" my facebook art page.

Thanks Angel, for ordering this one for your dad.

And thank you Pam for your interest in the art and it was fun doing this giveaway one for you to give to your hubby!

Thank you for stopping by...I will be sure to return your lovely visits! Thank you always for taking the time to comment :o)

(***added note: outside my front door, I found a fun surprise package left by the UPS man... my DVD of Hitch that I won on Quirky Pickings :o) Yay! Thanks sooo much! :o)

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Oh! One more added thing: Our sweet daughter Girly~Twirly (aka theluckiestmrs) has posted after being MIA due to her work schedule! We talk with them every day, but it was fun to see that she was able to do a post today!

If you have some time, please stop by and say welcome back to this wonderful blog world...I'm so happy that she introduced me to blogging!

Hanscom Air Force Base

...around August of 1967, my dad got reassigned from Clark AFB, Philippines to... 

Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

...We moved from my dad's assignment in the Philippines, when I was 3 years old.  But, first, before heading to Hanscom AFB, we flew to meet my dad's family and spend time with them in Wisconsin. 

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...After an awesome stay with my dad's side of the family, I would have my first taste of cold temps...

1967 October-ish... playing in all the leaves, bundled up in my warm little coat.

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...more colder weather!

Apparently, I didn't want to wear my wool pea coat in the first photo...

...but I was ready to go with my little white purse, soft woolen cap, white gloves and white boots...and of course, one of my teddy bears.

These were taken by our rental home in Bedford, MA, where we lived until our living quarters on the military base was ready.

...the heavy snowfall in the next photo (taken on a different day), must have meant a further drop in the temperature.  Looks like I was coming home from a business trip! haha

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Hanscom Air Force Base:
(facts from www.Hanscom.af.mil)


"...in Middlesex County, Mass touches the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lincoln & Lexington - birthplace of America."


"....approximately 20 miles NW of Boston ...and about 4 hours from New York City".

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Summer 1968, on Hanscom AFB, meant a visit from my dad's mom and dad (Grandma & Grandpa)...
We went sightseeing with them to see Plymouth Rock (but that story is for a future post). And other sights near our home...

My Grandpa and I enjoying some sunshine...he's sitting on the back steps (you can see what is the cellar door in the foreground). And I am eating a banana popscicle.  This was the back of the military housing on Hanscom AFB.

The walkway went back up to where the parking lot was for the townhouse/row style houses. And there was a big field behind the trees by our house. (I remember when a little pond froze over and I was able to go ice skating for the first time...my little skates had the double blades, so that I could stay up easier).

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I would start kindergarten in 1968, when I was 4 years old.  (My 5th birthday would be in Dec of 1968).

One of my earliest memories (without the help of looking at a photo), is a kindergarten field trip to a museum. And seeing huge art sculptures of a gigantic eraser and pencil.

In my kindergarten report card (couldn't find it today to show here), my teacher wrote that I was a child that has to have "...her own way..." (hopefully, I wasn't too much of a handful!)

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Hanscom Airfield
(timeline info from www.Hanscom.af.mil): 

-May 1941, large farmlands purchased to build one of 240 new civil airports to serve for national defense.
-mid-1942, leased the Bedford airport to War Dept for use by the Army Air Forces.
-1942-1943, site for training fighter squadrons.
-since 1945, AF's center for development and acquisition of electronic systems.
-1961, Electronic Systems Division (ESD) established.
-1973, all regular flying operations ceased. Primary operation was the ESD.
-1992, ESD redesignated Electronic Systems Center (ESC), part of the AF Material Command.
-1994, ESC-AF Center of Excellence for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence.
-2004, ESC reorganized then again in 2006, and then again in 2010
-May 2011, Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate moves from Hanscom to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (after 60 years in Hanscom).
...still home to 66th Force Support Squadron.

Click for more on the history of Hanscom Airfield.

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When I was looking on line for some info on Hanscom Air Force Base, I saw some of the military housing available.  There were a lot of old ones that were torn down and new homes built. But there were also still some that were renovated,  that looked like the ones I lived in, back in 1967 - 1969.

In the first photo, you can see these townhouse/row style homes in the background.

The bottom photo shows some that have the remodeled and renovated interiors, but the exterior structures look unchanged.

Another story, that I don't remember too well...but was confirmed by my dad... back in those early childhood years on Hanscom AFB...

...I was playing with matches! And when I got one to light up, I "put" it out by throwing the match in a clothes hamper!   ..um yeah, that didnt work. The fire dept had to be called to our home! Thankfully, it didnt cause too much damage.

I thought it would be fun to post these photos of my Handsome Hawaiian Hunk of a Hubby, during similar time frames as I shared on this post...

While I lived on Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, he lived as far west from me in Hilo, Hawaii.

I am  joining in this week's  Alphabe-Thursday's "H" with Jenny!

&

...Alicia for Friday Photo Flashback.    
...Christopher & Tia's Flashback Friday.
& thank you for stopping by...I do eventually get to return your lovely visits.

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Here are some most recent art that I have completed and shipped off. The first one, I'd already shared but it was only shown in black and white. 

 This was drawn from various images on this couple's wedding invitations.

This is it after I added color.

Another wedding piece that was inspired by this couple's wedding invitations.

I've many more to share, but for now, I will add this one.

Etsy message from Korin: 

"My name is Korin, and I am a friend of ML, and she has raved about your work for years!  My husband is getting ready to retire, and I was wondering if you were able to do a picture of a M1A2 tank with our last name Hardt?"

Korin, Thank you so much for contacting me and it was great to find that you are also an Army Blogger Wife .  :o) I look forward to seeing how you mat and frame yours.

Girl Scouts of America

Here in Savannah, is the birthhome of Juliettte Gordon Low.

"Juliette Gordon Low spent several years searching for something useful to do with her life. Her search ended in 1911, when she met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides...

Less than a year later, she returned to the United States and made her historic telephone call to a friend (distant cousin), saying "I've got somethingfor the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!"  (info from GirlScouts.org)

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Low (age 52 years old), gathered 18 girls to register the first troop of American Girl Guides. Margaret "Daisy Doots" Gordon, her niece and namesake, was the first registered member.  (info from GirlScouts.org)

The name of the organization was changed to Girl Scouts the following year." (info from girlscouts.org)

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I was a Girl Scout Brownie, a Junior, Cadette and a Senior. 

In 1963 the age structure was rearranged to Brownies (ages seven through nine, later six through nine), Juniors (ages nine through 11), Cadettes (ages 11 through 14), and Seniors (ages 14 through 17).  

Since 2008, Girl Scouts of the USA have had six age levels: Daisy (ages 5-7) Brownie (7-9), Junior (9-11), Cadettes (11-14), Seniors (9th and 10th grades), Ambassadors (11th and 12th grades). (info from Wikipedia)

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These are the only photos, of me as a Girl Scout Senior, I had on hand.

These were when I was in the 9th grade and my family was stationed at Clark A.F.B., Philippines.

Taken right before boarding the bus for a camping trip with my Girl Scout troop.

The Boy Scouts were also heading off to their own campgrounds.

Ready to get on the road to meet and join with a Filipino Girl Scouts Troop. 

They were hosting our troop from the Air Force Base.

Looking down a valley ...as our bus makes its way to the campgrounds.

One of my memories of that camping trip, is the Orienteering challenge that we had while there. 

We were either in groups of two or three and had to use our compasses and maps to get to various checkpoints and then make our way back to the main campgrounds.  

Along the way, one of my contact lenses fell out (without them, I am "legally blind"! and with only one, I was getting dizzy.   So towards the end, I took out the other one (partly because I thought I might lose it and then be out the rest of the time without anything to see!)

In spite, of not being able to see, my team made it back first! We earned the first place award and our orienteering badge. 

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Here is a Girl Scout logo drawn for a going away gift for a Troop leader.

My hubby and I went to visit some dear friends in Virginia, so I didn't get my post up last week. 

But I am  joining in this week's  Alphabe-Thursday's "G" with Jenny!

Thank you for stopping by and I will be sure to return your lovely visits...