My father is a chemist and when I was growing up we used to do experiments at the dinner table all the time. After dinner we’d set things on fire or play with various food items and learn some valuable science lessons. I am so so happy that as my girls get older this “tradition”…
Category: Food
How I Made a Four Layer “Cake” out of Marshmallows and Cereal.
My oldest requested a four layer marshmallow fondant cake back in June. Her birthday is in January so I happily agreed to make one, thinking she might forget. Fast forward six months and just days before her actually birthday when she reminds me that I’m going to make this four layered masterpiece for her party….
Chris’ Delicious Whole Wheat Pancakes from Scratch
Over the summer we had the opportunity to go away for a week with friends to the Delaware bay. It was there that my breakfast making forever changed. I learned how to cook bacon in the oven (a whole pound in under 20 minutes but I’ll leave that for another post) and I also learned…
3 Ways to Eat Local and Organic for Less
A while back my husband and I made a commitment to ourselves to eat organic foods. Initially we would purchase our organic produce from the local supermarket but that option wasn’t great because it was really expensive and since organic foods were more expensive they were purchased less and therefore not as fresh. We then…
Filling Friday Finds – Leftover Roundup
The relatives are gone but the food is far from it. What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers is a challenge and if your family’s anything like mine you’ve cooked enough to feed a small army. Continue Reading ….
One Chicken, Two Easy Meals.
We are still fairly new to the non vegetarian lifestyle. Up until about 6 months ago my husband and children were vegetarians. I was not but never cooked meat in the house. In a quest to eat more whole foods and natural non processed foods my family decided to eat meat at home. We purchase our chickens and grass fed beef through a…
Sweet Felted Sweater Scraps
[ad name=”Above Content”] I purchased a bag of felted sweater scraps the other day, not really knowing what I’d do with them but figuring I could do something. Last night I broke into it and looked around the web for options. I found some great ideas but eventually decided to make a trivet. I followed the directions…
Friday Finds
Here’s some of my finds this week. To feed my craving for fall related foods I found this delicious recipe for Apple Cake over at Baby Tooklit and these wonderful looking honey caramel apples at Our Best Bites. Continue Reading ….