My oldest daughter brought home this recipe for Apple Jack Cookies when they were learning about recipe quantities at school, in preparation for hosting their annual Thanksgiving desert for parents. We made them for the second time this weekend, while staying in the North Carolina mountains with family. They were just as good as they […]
Dinnertime success and making Spinach Frisbees
My oldest daughter has always been my biggest challenge in feeding a health diet. I was saved by having two easy kids willing to eat anything that came along after her, to relieve my worries that her picky habits was all my fault. The days of her refusing to eat a basic scrabbled egg are in […]
French Toast for dinner, with a toddler chef
Everyone remembers loving the times they got to eat breakfast for dinner – right? It’s kind of like that once a summer treat when the kids get to eat ice cream for dinner. It’s something they remember and talk about all year long. This time I thought it would be a fun treat to have […]
Meal Planning and kids making dinner
A few weeks ago I put a dry erase board (made from a photo frame) above the sink and started listing a weekly menu – and by default, began a new system of meal planning. I was surprised how much everyone enjoyed knowing what was going to be for dinner. I was most surprised how […]
Merry making and merry eating
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Here’s a glimpse into the merry making, baking, building and homemade goodness that happened here. Dolls were sewn, up until the very last minute. They are from Sewing for Children, with bit of my own adaptations in the dresses. My oldest daughter, who helped me play santa this […]
For now on they will pack their own lunches
In passing, the 10-year-old spending the afternoon at our house slipped into the conversation, “when I pack my lunch.” I had to ask, does she packs her own lunch every day? The answer was yes. Her mom told me their kids starting being responsible for packing their own lunches when they started going to school. Her […]
A week of simple, fresh food lunches for school
I have never been the mom to make the Pinterest-style lunches with celery sticks decorated like a caterpillars, crackers toped with cheese cut like ladybugs or a sandwich wearing a smile face. I think those lunches are adorable. I’m just more of a grab the fruit and go mom. Using a heart shaped cookie cutter […]
We have apple butter!
Last week I traded pears from our pear trees, for apples from our dairy farmer at Green Chin Farms. Lucky the apples survived the week long stay in my refrigerator until I could can them all – this morning. I made apple butter and cranberry apple butter. Both batches were made overnight in two separate crock […]
Zucchini Bread Recipe
Squash and zucchini has been filling up the produce drawers in my refrigerator the past few weeks. So we’ve been making lots of zucchini bread. And I’ve found that using squash works just the same, really making it squash bread. Yesterday took some zucchini muffins (that was a mix of squash and zucchini) to a […]