For years, I’ve wanted to make a birthday cake for Jesus with the boys on Christmas day, but for one reason or another, this is one tradition that never came to be – until this year. This year, Connor’s Classical Conversations co-op teacher gave each of the children in her class a “Birthday Cake for…
Ah, the scents of Fall: pumpkins, cinnamon, cloves… Golden Glow Pork Chops. The crock pot is on, the house smells wonderful… and we can’t wait for dinner tonight! In our house, Golden Glow Pork Chops mean Fall has arrived! The spicy scent of cinnamon and cloves fills the house while they cook, and the flavor…
Since going gf/cf several months back, I have been on a quest to find snacks for the boys that don’t break our food budget. While I did find a wide variety of gf/cf snacks in the aisles of our local grocery stores, $5.00 for a small box of crackers or cookies that would not last…
When I opened our CSA box last year and found kale, I wasn’t sure quite what to do with it. Kale was not a vegetable I had ever purchased or prepared for my family. At a friend’s recommendation, I tried sauteing it with a bit of olive oil and garlic, but my family was less…
Connor started writing his first cookbook today: Connor’s Famous Recipes. So far, he has dictated three recipes for inclusion in his masterpiece: Very Good Milk Cookies, Famous Center Mix, and Bread. Very Good Milk Cookies 2 cups of milk 3 tsp. of sugar 3 cups of flour 1 cup coconut milk Cook for 30…
A few weeks ago, we learned that Ryan is allergic to casein, the protein in animal milk. This was devastating news for our cheese-loving, milk-drinking boy. Ryan’s snack of choice has always been “an apple and cheese with a glass of milk.” He had only tried one cheese he didn’t care for: blue cheese, and…
The boys would indeed call themselves lucky today! It all started with finding this little plant on the shelf at Trader Joe’s: It’s an Irish Shamrock. I was surprised to see it had little white bell-shaped flowers and leaves that didn’t quite look like the clover growing rampant in our yard. I always thought shamrocks…
Today was cold, dreary and rainy, and I spent ALL DAY trying to get warm. By tonight, I was ready for a warm, comforting dinner… and since I can think of no greater comfort food than macaroni and cheese, that’s what I made. Of course, I don’t mean the macaroni and powdered cheese from the…
If you read this post, you know that this time last year I was in the throes of testing soup recipes for my good friend Jennifer, The Fairy Mum. Her wonderful soup recipes are now perfected and available for free download here, but my creativity in the kitchen has just begun. I have been cooking…
January in Virginia typically brings temperatures below freezing and occasionally a few flurries… and this January is proving to be no exception. In fact, it’s starting out with record cold temperatures and winds that blow right through to your bones; and as I blow in the door from outside, I find myself craving soup: familiar…