Do you remember that scene in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is running through a beautiful field of poppies with the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow? I always loved that scene, mainly because of the flowers. Even though the poppies have had a spell put on them by the Wicked Witch so that [...]
Quick Cheese Bread
May 29, 2009 By 8 Comments
One of the things on my summer “To Do” list to to teach my girls to make whole wheat yeast bread. But today when the Cali and two of her friends wanted to do some cooking we needed something a little easier and quicker. A few weeks ago I had made some yummy cheese bread [...]
Black Angus Garlic Cheese Bread
May 27, 2009 By 14 Comments
I love bread. I adore bread and cheese. I crave bread, cheese and garlic. They say “Man can not live by bread alone” but I bet if you added some cheese and garlic to it you could! I am always looking for a new way to combine bread, cheese and garlic. (Remember that Garlic Cheese {Brie} [...]
Farmer’s Market
May 24, 2009 By 12 Comments
We are enjoying an incredibly beautiful weekend in Portland Blue skies, no rain and nice warm temperatures. Perfect! Days like today are the reason we endure all the rain and dreary days – for perfect days like today! Since the kids had no school Friday and Monday is a holiday we are enjoying a nice [...]
Chewy and Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies
May 21, 2009 By 14 Comments
Note: You still have time to enter the giveaway for a great new Emeril cookbook, until midnight PST Friday, May 22nd! One of my favorite jobs as a mom is making chocolate chip cookies. I feel like a good mom when I make chocolate chip cookies. Don’t we all need to feel like good moms [...]
Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak without the Wilted Watercress
May 19, 2009 By 3 Comments
As promised in my last post I have another yummy recipe from Emeril at the Grill: A Cookbook for All Seasons to share with you. I have dozens more marked to try. I recommend though if you don’t win the giveaway you definitely go out and buy your own copy! A perfect Father’s Day gift! Speaking of [...]
Cookbook Giveaway
May 18, 2009 By
**********Comments are now closed*********** Congratulations to #99 LaTanya who has won herself a copy of Emeril’s new cookbook! Wonder what she’ll grill first! Send me your mailing information LaTanya and the publisher will get the book mailed right out to you! Several weeks ago I shared a recipe from a new cookbook Emeril at the Grill: [...]
College Cooking – Hawaiian Haystack
May 14, 2009 By 12 Comments
We had our third college cooking lesson this week. I decided Cali needed to learn to fix her favorite meal – Hawaiian Haystack. I think this dish is pretty much a staple for a lot of families. Some of you may call it Mexican Haystack or just Haystacks. I’ve heard it called all kinds of [...]
Puff Up Pancake
May 13, 2009 By 34 Comments
Last week I shared my college daughter’s first cooking lesson – Salsa Verde Carnitas Today is cooking lesson two – Breakfast for Dinner. Doesn’t everyone need to know how to cook breakfast for dinner? Puff Up Pancake is a standard at our house. If dad fixes breakfast – the majority of time it is Puff Up Pancake. [...]
Accordion Fold Out Album – Craft Tutorial
May 11, 2009 By 11 Comments
After my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary in March I wanted to create a little picture keepsake of my parent’s wedding for my daughters, especially since Cali was not able to attend the anniversary party. And really, having grandparents who have been married for 50 years is pretty special! So I put together two of these… [...]
