I love granola; I know that it’s not “light” but now that there are three kids to bake for, its exactly the kind of stuff I want them eating. I said this to my friend the other day but when your kids are hungry, why on earth do you think a bag of Pirate’s...
When Rich and I were first married, he ate a fairly low-fat, high carb diet (as most of us did back then). I used to make these banana muffins and he would take the whole batch to work – eating them in the first two days for snacks. Not the case any more, with...
As I look back on my recipes from 2011 its pretty much cringe-city. The photos are terrible with a capital T and my writing… well, have you ever found an old diary you wrote as a teenager? It’s like that. The recipes, however, remain in my memory as tasty and well-tested. If the high...
Do you say turmeric or “toomeric”? Definitely got in a nice, civil argument with a friend about it. Turns out both ways work. I love when, in a conversation, you both keep using it the way you think it’s supposed to be pronounced. Like, “I’ve started taking turmeric supplements”. “Oh yeah? I cook with...
With all that the online world has to offer when it comes to recipes, I still love magazines and I still tear out recipes I want to try and keep them in a file. I’ve had too many Pinterest fails – gorgeous photos and results that are seriously lacking in flavor. This recipe comes...
On mornings we can afford to slow our roll, I’ve taken to making the kids french toast. Leo crushes it and Tessa is quite a fan as well, taking 20 minutes to eat her breakfast instead of her standard 45 (she’s the chattiest of Cathys).
I just love scones – and apparently I really love cranberry orange scones. I think there are four different versions on my site. This particular version is a favorite because it makes 16 decent sized scones; when I was having 6 women over in the afternoon I knew I’d have enough for anyone to...
Waffles. I used to crush the multigrain Eggos, three at a time with butter and maple syrup, but the Belgian waffles on menus were never my thing. I couldn’t get the butter into those giant crevices the way I wanted to and then I found the waffle itself to be all air, no substance....
I’ve done a Thursday morning Bible study at my church since resigning from teaching, and it’s the best, for so many reasons. One of the reasons (okay, it’s a small reason compared to the other ones) is that there’s a breakfast snack table. I love me a buffet. Every week a different group is...
I was recently talking to someone who admitted, as I suspect many of you feel, that recipes requiring the use of yeast are a total no-go. Yeast is scary, or I guess I should say I get why you might think yeast is scary. In reality, yeast is awesome and overcoming your fear is...
