Wonder Bubbles
June 27th, 2012
If you haven’t entered the drawing yet for a copy of Cecil Murphey’s book Unleash the Writer Within, do so here! Nothing draws a crowd of neighbor kids like a giant tub of bubbles. Well, with the exception of juggling fire, but that’s a story for another day. I grew up in a family filled ...
Filed under: craftiness, Family, motherhood, recipes, summer
Zucchini/Squash Parmigiana
August 11th, 2011
*There’s still time to enter the drawing for Carol Kent’s Between a Rock and a Grace Place! Kedron loves, loves, loves eggplant parmigiana. Unfortunately, my 4 eggplant plants (is that how you write that?!) failed this year. I have giant plants, but no fruit. Bummer. However, I have tons (almost literally) of zucchini and squash. ...
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Garden Sandwiches (aka Banh Mi)
August 5th, 2011
My garden is growing like crazy these past few weeks. We’ve had some very hot, humid days and a few rain showers which is the perfect recipe for Michigan gardening goodness. I can’t believe I actually have a growing, producing garden. I’m rather ignorant in the ways of gardening, but with the help of my ...
Filed under: recipes, The Narrator
Lentil Love
July 8th, 2010
My kids are pretty good eaters. At my husband’s request, we don’t eat a lot of meat. In fact, he’d be perfectly fine if I never served meat ever again. My kids are good sports and they try most everything, and we eat some stuff that would be considered quite odd in normal households. Last ...
Filed under: Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood, recipes, T-Rex, The Narrator
Rhubarb = Summer
May 11th, 2010
Too bad the weather doesn’t feel like summer! The kids picked the first of some of Great-Grandma’s rhubarb this past week, and tonight I turned it into a Rhubarb Pudding Cake that is out of this world. It went so fast, I didn’t even get a picture of it! The tangy, sweet dish was a ...