At times days creep by in this very full life (especially the last weeks of summer break), yet the years seem to be flying by. It has dawned on me lately, with my 12 year old son, that I don’t have many more years with him in my home!!! Dave and I are potentially … Continue reading Mile High Biscuits & Motherhood
Banana bread sandwiches (cream cheese smeared in between two slices of banana bread) have been the answer to a lot of questions for me lately. Q:What should I do with these spotty bananas? I just bought them a few days ago, but evidently people weren't into them this week and I don't want to waste … Continue reading Banana Bread (Cream Cheese) Sandwiches
We've been talking about Stereotypes in my Human Diversity class this week. It's been intense and meaningful. We discussed how stereotypes are those attributes that we project or assume about a person because they belong to a certain group. (And though this attribute might be true about some people of that group, it is not … Continue reading Chewy Peanut Butter Granola (& Confronting Stereotypes)
In June, I wrote about a delicious Raspberry Almond Cream Cheese Coffee Cake that my friend Haley introduced to me one Sunday morning at church. When I tasted it at the snack table at church, I hunted down the creator of this great goody. A similar incident happened recently with this Apple Coffee Cake. (What … Continue reading Apple Coffee Cake
Blueberry season has been a fun one in our household. We love them. We eat them like candy. Mostly because they have been tasting like candy! This summer we had the chance to go berry picking a couple of times and it was such fun! I didn't freeze any of … Continue reading Blueberries: Rustic Mini-Pies, Muffins and Ponderings on Perfectionism
I remember the first weeks of college, having such fun getting to know great people from all over the country. Friends on my hall were from Chicago, Colorado, California, Michigan, rural Tennessee, and New Jersey. Being in Tennessee, my home-state, for college I had the opportunity to be part of introducing friends to some southern … Continue reading Cheese Grits
I love how children shed light on things by questioning what we adults sometimes don't think to question. Like why is a hamburger called a "hamburger" instead of a "beefburger"? Or why is a "step parent" called a "step" parent? Or is he a 2nd cousin, or a cousin-in-law, or a cousin twice-removed, and why? Or why is coffee … Continue reading Raspberry Almond Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
I really love breakfast foods. However, sometimes it's too early in the morning for me to want heavy or savory things, and of course most mornings I don't have time to prepare breakfast meals. It's most likely that I eat yogurt and granola, a bowl of fruit or oatmeal, or an english muffin with a … Continue reading French Toast For Breakfast… or Dinner
WARNING: This is a quirky, random post. The common denominator of all of these 4 recipes is that they are EASY, recipe-less and favorites! You know when you try a recipe and it is so simple and great you just have to tell someone? I feel that way every time I make each of these. … Continue reading Quick-to-Fix Favorites: from Icy Orange Juice to Croutons
Summer means road tripping. GORP (or trail mix, you might call it) is a favorite treat of mine to take on the road, to the pool, on a hike, or vacation. What exactly is GORP? I did a little research about the etymology of GORP and here's what wikipedia tells me. Good Ole Raisins & Peanuts … Continue reading Road Tripping: Healthy Snacks and PackingTips!
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