Since my days are pretty full-to-the-brim with work and family and real life, and since my blog is just a little hobby and I'm not a professional cook, photographer or blogger, and since I don't have a staff, I sometimes have a backlog of things I want to post, but don’t have the capacity to pull together. … Continue reading Miscellany: Lovely Eggs, Mindful Magazine, Gift Wrap and Fizzy Water
my much-too-ambitious book stack/ summer 2019 Hop straight to the recipe HERE . Every May I stack up a tower of books for Summer Reading. I never complete the stack, but rather it is my pile from which to pull for the summer. This year it is entirely too large, but there are so many books that … Continue reading Summer Book Stack & Novel-Inspired Cheese Scones
CLICK HERE for Recipe #1 and HERE for Recipe #2 For Asher's birthday this year, we decided to make a brunch feast. It was delicious! We love breakfast food and this was a special but simple-to-cook-together menu. Enough to have lots of hands working together but not too complex or stressful of a menu. The … Continue reading Chilaquiles Egg Bake & Grilled Chocolate Sandwiches
4 years ago one cold January afternoon, our cars pulled into the driveway at almost the same moment- coming from work and from gathering kids from school. It turned out to be like no other day. It was a watershed moment for our family. As Asher walked up to the front door, he saw stuff … Continue reading Thai Mango Sticky Rice- Remembering and Redeeming
Last winter, I saw this recipe on Joy The Baker's blog. It is beautiful and looked so bright and cozy all at the same time. In the winter with the dreary days, that's exactly what I crave. The very next day we woke up to a white morning with snow continuing to fall. Of course … Continue reading Whole Orange Coffee Cake
Happy New Year! I have missed the chance to post. I have been cooking up some classics over the holidays as well as trying some new things. Hopefully in the coming weeks I'll find more time to share these. I've been wanting to share these sliders since early this fall. My mom was the master … Continue reading Yumbos Revised: Turkey, Swiss and Goat Cheese Sliders
Dark, cold mornings whisper "oatmeal" in my ear! I appreciate a good bowl of oatmeal, especially in the winter. I made this recipe on Thanksgiving morning, while we watched the Macy's parade. It's wholesome and hearty and can be topped according to people's preferences. I stored the leftovers in the refrigerator for the days after, … Continue reading Creamy Nutty Steel Cut Oats
