Wednesday night was a fun evening of playing restaurant at our house – Mom’s Restaurant. The girls were bummed because we were not going out to dinner after piano lessons, like we usually do. Being part of the 10 Day Real Food Challenge inspired me to go home a cook. They whined a bit a lot […]
Brown bag microwavable popcorn, in an unlikely bag
Being on the 10 Day Real Food Challenge, I was looking to grab something other than a convenient box of crackers for the kids’ snack, before I hit the road to pick them up from school. I had seen somewhere online where you could make microwavable popcorn in a brown bag, minus all the additives […]
The 10 Day Real Food Challenge
I was out of town for a long weekend. So I am three days late starting the 10 Day Real Food Challenge, inspired by local blogger ChildOrganics, who initiated the challenge for other bloggers based on the website 100 Days of Real Food. We got back home late Monday night to discover our basement flooded […]
What we ate for dinner last night
Coming out of a winter food rut, I’m thrilled that our CSA with Care of the Earth Farms starts delivering on April 11. It will provide a bounty of fresh cooking inspiration. I’m always asking my farmer friend (AKA Farmer Megan) what she made for dinner last night, with the same produce she grew, harvested […]
Shopping local is fun. Come along and I’ll show you.
Saturday I was thrilled to have the task of doing our family’s grocery shopping. That may sound strange, but I don’t get out much for long periods of time by myself, with zero kids. So I was more than excited about what I had planned for myself, as I supported local artists, farmers and bakers. […]
Spinach Pizza Poppers are made to please
My kids love – as in love enough to eat everyday the rest of their lives – Amy’s organic (yet still processed) spinach pizza snacks. This fall our CSA farmer brought me such an abundance of fresh spinach that it would have been impossible for one family to consume before it began decomposing in thier […]
Simmons’ souper fabulous butternut squash
Before I share with you the recipe for an awesome Butternut Squash Soup I created last night, I want to let you in on some secrets about me. I’m terrible at meal planing. So bad that usually when 6:00 rolls around I still don’t know what I’m going to make for dinner. Somehow, it usually […]
Ginger bread loaf house was “the best project ever”
Making a gingerbread house is a tradition in our house for the holidays. But every year I cringe at the candy ingested while going about the project, and the frosting that turns to cement, and the gingerbread pieces that never actually get consumed. We have used the kits and I have baked a house from […]
Yes we can bake that. It’s Christmastime!
I’ve told you before how I love to bake, that I always have since I was a kid, and about the time I ran away from home with my Easy Bake oven. Well, come Christmastime my want to bake explodes into long list of ingredients and recipes as my tastebuds water and my creative noggin […]