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A couple of new recipes today!

This last week I picked up some yukon gold potatoes and some leeks to make a new recipe in this months Cooking Light, Golden Potato-Leek Soup with Cheddar Toasts. I wasn’t quite...

Product Review Time

Part of being a foodie is being open to trying new foods. So I have decided that another facet to my blog should be product reviewing. I mean, I rave about websites,...

Turns out, I am seriously afraid of…

Mice! This morning, Zander and I went to church to do my weekly cleaning. Now, I know there has been at least one mouse who has taken up residence in our church....

Learning to bake bread

Yesterday I had another happy moment in the kitchen. I recently picked up The Bread Bible and made my first recipe out of it. It was a simple hearth bread- and a...

The fiddle is broke.

Anyone who has read Dean Koontz’s Watchers will appreciate the title to today’s post. Probably the best he’s ever written. I have read it so many times, and it still affects me...

An "Outrageous" Day

I am a God in the kitchen. 🙂 Today I successfully mastered the art of chicken stock. Being a thrifty girl at times, I have tried over and over to make homemade...

Marinated Olives

We had company tonight, so I tried something new with some Mediterreanean olives I had sitting in the fridge. They are good olives- just not special, and I have A LOT of...

It’s just a happy day!

Today was just a good day. I spent most of the day with Andy and Zander- and Abigail when she wasn’t at school. Andy got today off- so Abigail was super excited...

Abigail and Lunch

Yesterday after school I cleaned out Abigail’s lunch box (as has become daily habit). I was dismayed to find out she hardly ate anything at lunch- a few bites of sandwich, two...

The Under-Appreciated Egg

I think we don’t eat enough eggs. I can’t tell you how many time I open the fridge and think, there’s nothing here to eat. Yet there is always a carton of...

Happy Anniversary

Today has been a nice day. After the hectic last few days, Andy and I mostly relaxed and didn’t do much. We went to church, watched a bit of football, I went...

Happy Anniversary!

Today is mine and DH’s 6th anniversary! Six years may not be very long, but it’s sure been a busy 6 years! We have gone through 3 moves and 2 children have...