Delighted

One of the things I miss most during winter is fresh fruit.  I get tired of eating oranges and last season’s apples (always seem a little bland and mushy.) Last week though we bought some apples that turned out to be really good – crisp and tart but still sweet enough.  We also had a [...]

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Soooooo Bad for Me

I was going to write this really deep, thoughtful post about making it through the dreary days of winter, but two things happened. 1.  It was really, really sunny out today . . . and I just can’t seem to muster the winter blahs. 2.  I am realizing that as this post will be published [...]

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Winter Breakfasts: Oatmeal

Not sure where I got this recipe more than ten years ago.  I do remember that I was looking for a good-tasting recipe that didn’t use refined sugar as the main sweetener.  We’ve used this basic recipe since, though it rarely looks like this anymore. The back of the recipe card reads: Combine liquids and [...]

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Warm White Chili for the Weekend

This school year has afforded us the neatest opportunity:  Every Thursday, after Bible Study, my friend and her four children come to eat lunch at my house.  The ten of us overwhelm the kitchen, make it cozy, and chow down.  (Shortly after, a bunch of the kids pile into the basement while I teach writing [...]

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Summer Chicken-Corn-Cilantro-Lime Salad

My new favorite meal (yes, again, a new favorite).  You’ll have to pardon the fact that there are no measurements; it was a salad – I made it up as I went along! cooked chicken (mine was leftover from this recipe) corn (mine was frozen, but fresh, cut off the cob would be awesome!) Warm [...]

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My New Cooking Trick

Thanks to my friend, Ellen, I now use no-fat or low-fat yogurt instead of cream in several recipes . . . and it works GREAT! When I want to use this substitution in something sweet, like scones, I use vanilla yogurt.  (I tried a couple scone recipes.  The “cream scone” recipe that mostly just involved [...]

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It’s All Good

I just read a great post by Mary Ostyn of Owlhaven.  It was all about getting kids to like lots of different foods . . . and about how that can backfire!  I was cheering along with the entire post . . . and weeping for her loss (and the familiarity of it all) at [...]

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Rewards

As part of our homeschool our kids each have a sticker chart.  Whenever I catch them doing something good, they get to put a sticker on the chart.  The “something good” varies from child to child and ranges from things like “got a perfect score on a test” to “worked really hard to complete a [...]

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Sweet (Yet Spicy) Victory

Oh, it has been a terrific weekend!  I’m actually hoping to do a couple posts this week about the weekend – it was that good!  (Here’s a hint: there was not a single thing on the calendar all weekend long.  Well, there was one thing that got canceled, but we’ll do it another time.)  The [...]

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Fun Recipe – Rainbow Gelatin

I’ve posted this recipe before, but it has been a long time…and I have a picture to share of it this time! (And a friend asked for it.) Rainbow Jell-O 1 3 oz. box each of 6 Jell-O flavors 5 3 oz. packages of cream cheese, softened Place 9×13 clear pyrex dish in fridge to [...]

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