My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
When I was about 5 or so, I got to help my Grandma Clark make these cookies. She pulled out her black scissors with the last inch missing from the bottom knife, and washed it in the dishwater. “Grandma, you Continue reading Gumdrop Cookies
These things are an acquired taste. They may look like gingerbread, but don’t let that fool you. People either love these or hate them. All my kids like them, that’s convenient. My Grandma Clark got the recipe from a Pennsylvania Continue reading Anise Cookies
Today was get the groceries day. Good timing for M to tell me that he’d never had a s’more. Despite the season, we found plenty of marshmallows (for hot cocoa?). So, I made a whole bunch on a cookie sheet Continue reading No More S’mores
A related question that occured to me more often was – how do I supervise the neighborhood kids playing in my courtyard while making dinner? (I think their mothers sent them all to me so they could make dinner). This Continue reading How do I cook, and homeschool?
The Cook’s Illustrated Cobb Salad turned out so pretty, that DH called my Mom to join us (the avacadoes would not last as leftovers anyhow) Mom is usually so determined to eat up her own left overs, I forget to Continue reading Dinner at the Circus
Ah mak You Co-ffee!! Wow, you really know me well, K, don’t you? But you still are eating cheerios for breakfast today – I think 5 scrambled eggs breakfasts in one week is a bit much even for a two Continue reading Momma, Ah Wan’ Eggies…
Now that I’m not getting a CSA box anymore, the menu starts on Sunday when we stop at the farmer’s market on the way home. It’s the same farm, and we aren’t helping them out as much as when they Continue reading My Weekly Menu Planning Process
B takes his strawberries very seriously. Last year we missed the season because it rained so much that the berries rotted in the fields. This year it has been so hot that when I phoned to see if they were Continue reading Strawberry Week
When the temperature is not too hot, I sometimes bake pita bread on our pizza stone. But I found out that they don’t stay fresh from Saturday pizza night until Monday felafel night. Oh well, it seemed like a good Continue reading I help Momma?
K wants to ‘help’ of course. B is quite good at knowing when his syrup is almost to hard crack stage – but he still wants a candy thermometer for his birthday.
I was making a Hawaiian Delight cake (one of my Mom -in-law’s recipes) and while using the Cook’s Illustrated fluffy yellow cake recipe (March 2008) instead of the box cake that the recipe calls for worked fine; whipped cream and Continue reading Fowry Momma.
Mom and I met our friend C, the dietitian at Books on the Square in Providence tonight. My friend Amy from high school English class was signing her new book “Poor Girl Gourmet.” She’d brought samples of the spicy carrot Continue reading ‘Poor Girl Gourmet’ Available