Cowshed - Living Room

 

The condition of the living room when we bought the place.

Scraped loose paint off walls and ceiling and pulled up carpet to discover... linoleum on a layer of plywood

Took out the baseboard in a corner to expose wood beneath... is it hardwood? Wood subfloor floor joist?

Cowshed Ideas

 IDEAS AND INSPIRATION 

Door between dining and music room?

Jesse Man Cave / reload shed so that shop can be workshop only?

CHicken coop ideas 

Use sand instead of bedding on floor to reduce cleanup frequency 

Cottage Ideas

 IDEAS AND INSPIRATION 

  

 

Cheating Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

S's chicken and dumplings recipe is more of a chicken vegetable soup with dumplings.  And made with just about every shortcut imaginable, so it is super easy -- it's like CHEATING at making it "homemade."   There is not an exact recipe, just general instructions.


CHEATING HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS
Amounts of the following ingredients depend on how big of an army you need to feed! 
Chicken broth or water & chicken gravy packets
frozen or canned mixed veggies (potatoes, corn, carrots, peas)
canned or diced prepared chicken
can of cheap biscuits (the cheap ones work better than the flaky kind)
salt & pepper

Boil your broth or water & gravy packets.  Dump in veggies and chicken until it boils again.  Pull apart the biscuits into thirds or fourths and drop them in the boiling broth.  Put a cover over it  and let it simmer for 10 minutes or so.  Stir every so often to keep it from sticking on the bottom.  Salt and pepper to taste and serve!

Uncovering