This was the big day…company coming over for dinner! With a house to clean, shopping to do, and dinner to prepare, I thought we had better start the day out right. Oatmeal. While I love the texture of steel-cut oats, they take too dang long to make on school mornings. I keep a canister of [...]
A few years ago, I received a little gift in the mail from my college roommate, Julia. She’d seen this funny little green book with a title that just urged her to buy it. Can you guess? The book is called “Julie & Julia”. Of course, now it’s a major motion picture starring little ol’ [...]
Maybe I should call this “Julie is Human, Part 2″ because this seems to be one of those weeks where even tried and true things are going wrong. Like I said yesterday, I’ve been baking my own bread lately from a really great recipe in “Feeding the Whole Family” by Cynthia Lair. Yesterday I got [...]
Don’t you just give a little sigh of relief right about now? The “HOLIDAYS” are over (almost…I mean, New Year’s Eve is mostly just fun and usually requires very few relatives). Those millions of last minutes errands are done. Not many things give quite as much relief as taking down all the Christmas decorative clutter. [...]
Courtesy of “Feeding the Whole Family” by Cynthia Lair With lots of protein and other nutrients, this delicious salad is a sure energy booster! Salad:1 c dry quinoa8 c waterPinch of sea salt1/2 c carrots, chopped1/3 c parsley, minced1/4 c sunflower seeds Dressing:2-3 cloves garlic, minced1/4 c freshly squeezed lemon juice2 TB olive oil2 TB [...]
You guys are just precious! Hopefully, we will get to try some of that jam! Miss you so much.
You make it look so easy and fun! I love it! Can’t wait to try some..
What a cool cooking video concept! I was just talking with someone the other day about wanting to learn how to can and make jam. I’m so stoked Arnold sent me your blog. Is there a way to do it I don’t have a canner? Also, where would I buy the cool tools? How fun. I can’t wait to see more.