We read The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread a year ago and loved it. And since that time Rachel has been trying to come up with the perfect soup. You see I am not a fan of soup. I don’t enjoy canned … read more of this
When my kids were little they had all sorts of food allergies. It was a very good thing they didn’t go to preschool and I didn’t work because I had to make everything from scratch, and since they were allergic to different things I had to make something different for each of them. It was … read more of this
The kids have been collecting blueberries from our blueberry bush all summer, and now that it is full they have been freezing plenty. Yesterday the kids picked enough blueberries for 2 blueberry pies so of course we had to make some. We started with the pie crust recipe from my great grandmother’s recipe book–the only … read more of this
So I spent all day baking instead of painting I like I planned. It was nice and cool and I needed to make bread, and if I am going to make bread and have the oven on anyway then I may as well go ahead and bake as much other as I can think of. … read more of this
Okay, I know real candy is fairly cheap. However dye/preservative free candy (which is what my kids require due to food allergies) is NOT cheap. My kids don’t get candy too often–maybe a package a month if I buy it–but that is still $5 for candy. So, instead I have done some research into candy … read more of this
The Hobbit
Dragon spell
