The term happy ending sometimes seems like it is misnamed. For me a lot of endings seem to mean something sad. At the end of school it always meant the end of favorite subjects and the end of a fun year. At the end of camp it meant saying good-bye to new friends that I…
A Birthday Treat!
My mom’s birthday is in February and the time we picked to celebrate this time was earlier in the month. Her favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie. Usually we manage to make some sort of something resembling the pie for her birthday treat, but some years it just doesn’t work out. Pie crust has never…
New Gluten Free Dairy Free Products
I’m not a huge fan of processed products. If I had the time, I would probably make everything from scratch! However, since I work a couple of jobs plus ferry the Princess around I have to be reasonable and know my limitations. When I do use processed products I can’t always recommend them, but recently…
Menu Plan Monday, February 16!
It’s been rather brisk around here and I was super cold when I was planning menus as you can see from the excessive amount of soup we’ll be eating this week! The theme for the Gluten Free Menu Swap over at Celiac Family is kiwi fruit! I love to make a fruit salad with strawberries…
Happy Heart Day!
Here’s a cute picture of the Valentine’s the Princess made for her friends and classmates. We got the idea from this website. I know they look kind of fancy pants, but they seriously aren’t complicated. After last year and making 20 plus heart-shaped melted crayons with a mold that only made 6 at a time…
A Clever Way to Clean
When we first moved into our house the appliances all had issues. The fridge was the smallest I had ever encountered, the stove only heated up some spots hot some of the time, and the dishwasher was on its last legs. The fridge was the first thing to get replaced, but second was the stove….
Menu Plan Monday, February 9!
It was a good week, but a blur! I had to work extra, but it was wonderful to once again have all the meals cooked Monday afternoon for the week. The theme for the Gluten Free Menu Swap over at Celiac Family is clementine’s! We love clementines just to eat. My siblings and I used…
I Miss My Grandma
My Grandma was an amazing person. She was a short (under 5 feet tall) bundle of energy. She grew up on a farm with lots of siblings. When she and my grandfather got married they bought a house in the suburbs of Philadelphia and lived there for the rest of their lives. Grandma was always…
Pondering A Question…
As I was baking my English Muffins for breakfast this morning I got to pondering a question. Why is it that if a recipe would make a minimum of 6 English Muffins (sometimes even 8 or 12) that manufacturers would only sell English Muffin rings in sets of 4?
Menu Plan Monday, February 2!
Woohoo! January is over! It seems like January is the longest month of the year. Seriously. It was so helpful cooking all the week’s meals in 1-2 days last week. It was also helpful having some sandwich options like the Curried Chickpea Wraps and Veggie Sandwiches. I had forgotten how useful sandwiches are! The theme…