Finding Fabulous Food, Photos and Crafts to Share
Book Update: If you ever read or saw “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick, then you may really enjoy his new book, “Wonderstruck.” Don’t be fooled by the number of pages! Many of them are artistic pencil drawings and gorgeous ones at that. Similar to the last book, the protagonist is a child with …
Book Update: I’m still plowing through “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk” and agree with almost everything. Except they mention how parents don’t listen to what their kids are saying like “I’m hungry” even when the child just ate. Indeed, they could still be hungry. But sometimes kids …
Book Update: I discovered “Bake It Like You Mean It” by Gesine Bullock-Prado at the library which a book FULL of fancy cakes. I’m talking FANCY cakes. Like the beautiful cake on the cover requires 24 egg yolks for the chocolate roulade. Not even counting the vanilla cake, buttercream and ganache portions of the cake. …
My son LOVES Cascadian Farms’ “Oats and Honey Granola.” In fact, this is his favorite granola and won’t eat the other ones I make or buy – even the super awesome Trader Joe’s Mango Passion Granola. Or my delicious cherry orange granola. He often eats this each morning because Juliana and I like oatmeal – …
Life Update: I had an amazing turnout for the Wildtree party and it took me TWO hours just to put the orders in. Best party I have ever had – even after selling Pampered Chef! Who doesn’t need groceries? I bought a few extra things from Wildtree that I wanted and they were REALLY good. …
Book Update: I finished “From Mama’s Table to Mine” by Bobby Deen. The recipes look delicious, but the calorie counts are terrible. Instead of creating real servings of food, one is expected to eat a bird-size serving of something and voila! It has less calories! Of course it does! Nobody should have to split a 9″ …
I wish I could pour syrup onto everything. Putting into meat is about just as good 🙂 Here is a copycat recipe for Jimmy Dean’s Maple Breakfast Sausage. Of course, I lightened it up by testing it out on the ground turkey I buy a lot of at Costco. The kids and I ate it …
There is a pancake place in Pittsburg called “Pamela’s Diner.” The pancakes are so outstanding that President Obama requested the cooks come to White House to serve him. No joke! I have never had the original pancakes, but one reviewer of this recipe says he has and they taste just like them. These pancakes reminded …
Books I’m reading: “Wait for Me” (a free Kindle book) and “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger. “Peace Like a River” is a really good story with a lot of literary devices (symbols, themes, foreshadowing, etc.). Though the devices and the style make the book not exactly conversational and a breeze to read through, …
The Original Pancake House began this delicious concoction. It’s a delicious (though expensive) place for breakfast: thick cut bacon, fresh squeezed orange juice, apple pancakes and Dutch baby are just a few of the great things on their menu. Some of these ingredients need to be room temperature, but to speed things up I put …
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