That’s right folks, Freezer Friday is back!  I’ve been on hiatus from this discipline the last couple months as I’ve been working on using up the stockpiled meals and produce that is in the freezer.  I’ve done pretty well.  Now, the garden is producing and summer menus are right around the corner!
First up – we [...]

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One of the first recipes I found that used infant cereal was for a molasses cookie.  GBaby loves them and since we’ve been feeding her these “cookies” one of her first words is – you guessed it – ‘ca-kee’!
Iron Filled Molasses Cookies
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1/4 cup frozen Orange Juice Concentrate, thawed
3/4 cup flour [...]

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Earlier this year after one of GBaby’s well-visits we were told that she had a minor iron deficiency.  “No big deal-LOTS of kids have iron deficiencies” the doctor said.  She continued “There’s a supplement you can give her, its brown and gooey and really nasty.”  Yeah!  Sign us up for that! I did some really [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week and practicing gratitude by giving.
This week has been filled with garden growth, miracles of answered prayers and smiles.  We were able to spend some time with my brother and his family this weekend and it’s always such fun to see the [...]

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This week is a good-news/bad news week in my garden.  Sadly, the cool weather must have weakened the throw of the citronella on my Garden Beast Deterrent System.  I went out early this week and found this – a web of citronella wax pieces surrounding the hole that the Garden Beast came up and chewed [...]

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Some of you who have been reading for a while may remember my philosophy on shopping.  In a nutshell, stores are not a my happy place, but finding deals with my keyboard and netbook is all sunshine and butterflies in my world.  So, when I stumbled upon Ebates I thought it was too good to [...]

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So, yesterday when I wrote about Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and told you I “experimented”, I have to admit, the first thing I did was add whole wheat flour to the recipes.  I like a good, white artisan bread sometimes, but for everyday consumption, I feel my family and I need something [...]

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Back in February, a friend recommended Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg & Zoe Francois.  the recommendation came complete with at copy of the master bread recipe.  I was intrigued.  I requested my own copy from the library.  I experimented.  I renewed the book.  I requested it for my birthday.
I loved [...]

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Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week and practicing gratitude by giving.
It has been another week full of activity.  GBaby has cut all her her baby teeth (yes, at 15 months).  Shortly after all those tiny teeth came through, GBaby began sleeping through the night for 12 hours at [...]

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Spring is slowly settling in here in central NY.  Our days are getting warmer and our evenings still chilly.  I’ve begun my succession plantings of spinach.  I plant 4 squares a week for 4-5 weeks.  I hope to get nice waves of fresh greens by the middle of May.
My broccoli is doing well.  The good [...]

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