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    How i spent my spring break …

    by  • April 20, 2012 • Uncategorized • 4 Comments

    I haven’t been cooking food much, and now our lovely friends are all trying their hands at whole foods plant-based meals for us, for which we love them! At 9 lbs, 13 oz, a triple chin, two neck rolls, roly poly thighs, perfectly healthy, and a zen labor (that’s another story for another day),...

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    Wednesdays With Erika

    by  • January 14, 2009 • Shopping, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    WWE: Round Two I’m heading out to pickup groceries and here are some of my favorite finds: Harmons:  In store ad coupon: 10 Vitamin Waters for $5.  (My mommy treat.) In store ad coupon:  Life Cereal 5 for $5 Rite-Aid:  Two store ad coupons for a $25 gift card with prescription transfer.  The pharmacist...

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    Yay for Santa

    by  • December 26, 2008 • My Monologues..., Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    Santa brought me cheesemaking supplies from here. Tomorrow night will be the maiden voyage into homemade mozzarella. We’ll be having it on pizza. Yummy. Keep an eye out for pictures. With Matt home, we’re working on projects around the house and in the kitchen we’re focusing on using up the Ham and other treats....

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    Sweet Potato Fun

    by  • December 8, 2008 • On the Side, Uncategorized, Vegetables • 0 Comments

    Jen here!  No recipes today, just evidence that simple food can be fun.  We got sweet potatoes (light-skinned, not garnets) recently, and I roasted them up on Friday morning.  Just pricked them with a fork, put on a foil covered baking sheet, and threw them in a 375F oven, along with the spaghetti squash...

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    Food Storage … It’s not my fault

    by  • December 5, 2008 • Uncategorized • 2 Comments

    My sister got me onto the Everyday Food Storage site – which I probably didn’t need and isn’t helping my ever increasing pile of food in the basement. So I suppose that yes, I am a bit fanatic, because it’s sooo useful. The good part, too, is that that now I’m actually starting to...

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    Caramel Apples

    by  • November 14, 2008 • Desserts & Treats, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    This recipe is originally from www.epicurious.com but we substituted honey instead of corn syrup.  Yum! 1 1-pound box dark brown sugar 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 2/3 cup honey 1/3 cup pure maple syrup 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon robust-flavored (dark) molasses 1/4 teaspoon salt  ...

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    A lot of Garden

    by  • May 13, 2008 • Gardening, Uncategorized • 1 Comment

    We have two gardens, this post is about the first. The second is a plot at a nearby community garden that we will be putting the summer bulk stuff in – peppers, tomatoes, corn, squash, etc. This first garden is my little sanctuary. I have never been one to grow “pretty” things. I could...

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