We are starting our third week without a kitchen. We are making progress, though! A wall went up today and the old floor came out. The windows are ready to be replaced and we have decided on cabinets…so although the end is not really in sight it is at least being imagined. In the meantime, […]
Dessert
My Grandmother’s Chocolate Caramel Sauce
As a little girl, we spent a lot of time at my grandmother’s house. Weekends, weeknights, holidays, you name it we were there a lot. We got to see our cousins and spend time with our grandparents and I am so grateful that I have those memories now. While I don’t remember a lot of […]
Maple Syrup Cupcakes
Pancakes have always been a BIG favorite in this house. For me it all started when I was very small and would request them as my birthday breakfast. When I was old enough to make them myself I did…all the time. Now that love has been passed on (or more likely it was already in […]
Peaches & Cream Popsicles
Yesterday while I was waiting to drop my daughter off at school, we were standing on the sidewalk outside the teacher’s door. The teacher came out and was asking some of the children if they would be eating breakfast at school that day. If the child said no she would ask them if they had […]
Zucchini Bread with Pecans and Yogurt
There is nothing we love more in the summertime than a really good piece of zucchini bread. Last year my cousin made an incredible zucchini bread which we told the kids was cake just to get them to try it…clever, eh? They are now somewhat addicted so today when it was fresh out of the […]
Lemon Black Raspberry Custards
When I think of black raspberry I think of ice cream. Purple ice cream. Which I have always loved (despite the fact that the majority of black raspberry ice cream I have eaten is most definitely made with imitation flavors). I don’t think I ever really pondered how a black raspberry was different from a […]
Strawberry Coconut Ice Pops
About a month ago we went strawberry picking. It was the first time for our kids and so we let them go a little crazy picking (perhaps) more than we needed. We used the berries for all sorts of things including an amazingly refreshing drink called Aqua Fresca. Trying desperately to get better about not […]
Sage Cookies
In my not so former (former) life I had to take part in a lot of bake sales. In the early days more often than not I was the only one who baked anything for the fundraisers so that meant I made a lot of baked goods. That is when, in about 2001, I discovered […]