All posts by Lovinas Amish Kitchen

Desserts

An Eicher family friend lifts the veil on Susan’s wedding preparations

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Editor’s Note: Lovina Eicher is busy with preparations for her daughter Susan’s wedding. Guest columnist Ruth Boss, an “English” friend of Lovina’s, provides a ringside seat for the big August 5 wedding. Wedding preparations have been in full swing all week for Susan and Mose’s wedding this Friday. Last Saturday the wedding wagons were delivered: a … Continue Reading ››
Soups

Eicher family makes final preparations for Amish wedding

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WeddingNoodlesIt is Thursday morning  as I write this, [July 28], and time keeps moving on faster and faster it seems. The wedding is tomorrow in a week! It’s getting too close for comfort! Tomorrow evening the wedding cook wagon, the cooler, and the trailer with the … Continue Reading ››
Vegetables

Dilemma: calculating how many noodles to make for hundreds of wedding guests

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  It is Thursday morning and it looks like we will have another hot day. Yesterday’s temperature reached the nineties and the humidity was high. The humidity is high again this morning so we want to get everything done we can outside before it gets too hot. I have a breakfast casserole in the oven for our … Continue Reading ››
Canning and Freezing, Vegetables

Wedding work frolic planned; sister promises eggs to help make wedding noodles

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FrontPorch
Not much time to relax on the porch these days ...
Today, 17 years ago, our oldest son was born to us after having three daughters. I remember seeing the look on my husband Joe’s face when he told me “It’s a boy!” He … Continue Reading ››
Cakes, Desserts

Parasailing, fireworks, waterfalls, and reunion highlight Eicher vacation

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Wednesday evening—everyone is taking it easy tonight. Mose, daughters Susan and Verena, and son Benjamin went fishing . We put in a long day so it was relaxing to them to go take the boat on the lake. The rest of us are outside around a campfire. It is so peaceful out here. We had … Continue Reading ››
Salads

Cleaning house for Susan’s wedding, Eichers save worst bedroom for last . . .

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We are wrapping up the month of June. The year 2016 is now already halfway done. Amazing how time seems to go faster and faster. The wedding for Mose and Susan is only five weeks away. It’s getting too close way too fast for me! We still want to make noodles for the wedding, and there … Continue Reading ››
Meats

What do you do when the puppy thinks your flower bed is a playground?

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It is a cool June morning with temperatures only in the low 60s. I had to close a few windows as it was chilly with them all open. Summer is officially here now. It seems empty around here. My husband Joe, daughter Susan, and son Benjamin are working. Daughter Lovina is staying at Elizabeth and Timothy’s … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Summer menus major in strawberries and family memories

We are halfway through June! It is a lovely but warm evening. Everyone has retired for the night except daughter Verena, who is reading on the porch swing, and me. I am also on the porch, writing at the patio table. I’m enjoying the peacefulness. God has created such a wonderful world, and people do … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, Cakes

Hop in the pony buggy for the last day of school

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It’s a nice sunny day for the clothes to dry, and we have the lines filled with laundry. We have been blessed with several rains over the weekend and this past week. P1080497 Here's the pony and buggy, giving a ride to Lovina's cookbook photographer … Continue Reading ››
Soups

Early summer days bring garden goodies and a boatload of bluegills

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We have entered the month of June already. It looks like we had just a little bit of rain during the night. We are really in need of rain! Last night we watered the garden, as it was getting really dry. Everything is coming up really well. We are still enjoying radishes, green onions and … Continue Reading ››