This past weekend we celebrated Sonia's birthday. She had a party with her friends earlier in the week, and a family dinner last Friday. I am still getting used to the idea that my 12 year old is taller than me! She wanted Italian sausage sandwiches for dinner-- her … [Read more...]
Favorite Meals | January
It is still January so I am within my goal to post about what we cooked and ate in January. I always want to post more often, and have a bunch of posts written in my head. But it takes more time than I anticipate (uploading and formatting pictures takes hours). I am still … [Read more...]
Christmas 2017, part 2 | The Food
This post is about what we baked and cooked during Christmas of 2017. You can read about our decor here and our crafts and other fun projects here. For whatever reason (kids are older? broken toes? more conscious about the weight?) we baked a lot less than in previous years … [Read more...]
The myth of naturally sweetened food.
My 10-year-old baked these banana chocolate chip muffins the other day while I was running errands. It makes me happy to see her experimenting in the kitchen and she is getting pretty good. The muffins turned out great, with a hefty amount of chocolate chips (of course!). I … [Read more...]
Classic roll-out sugar cookies
As I mentioned before, baking sugar cookies is one of our Valentine's traditions. We don't have many Valentine's traditions , but we never skip cookies. We have tried several different recipes over the years, and always come back to these-- they are addictive! Oldie but goodie … [Read more...]
