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Homemade Playdough: The Only Use I Can Find For Kool-Aid Someone recently asked me for this recipe for homemade playdough that I used to make long ago when I worked with preschoolers at church. Now I serve with the middle schoolers and as I typed out this recipe it struck me that maybe a little playdough …
New Baby Dinner: What to Take to Parents Who Have Just Had A Baby There are a few seasons in a person’s life when people rise up around them. When a community of people who enjoy loving in ways they can feel with their hands gather around to make life a little easier for …
So I have had a little extra time this morning for cooking since I am home with a sick child. I’ve been making apple pies all morning and I am realizing that cooking makes me generous. As soon as I start chopping, my heart begins to just pour out of me into whatever I’m making. …
Vegetable Barley Soup Made with Bob’s Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix In honor of the fact that I have gone back to work full time after 12 years of not working for money, I am quickly posting a recipe for Vegetable Barley Soup that I am currently …
Summer Berry Tarts: Sweet Crust + Berries = Delightful! Here’s a recipe for the most delicious summer berry tarts! I bought new tiny little tart pans this year so everyone can have their own! Win! Summer Berry Tarts (makes twelve four inch tarts) Sweet Tart Dough 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room …
I fell in absolute LOVE with rhubarb last summer in Vancouver BC, so when I heard through the grapevine that they had some at the store, I added it to my list. Taido went to the store for me after returning from his adventures in Canada. Perhaps he was feeling a little guilty about being …
Granola We make two kinds of granola at our house. The first one is a recipe I have used since my early married days in Chicago and the second one is a more recent discovery. Both are delicious and make great gifts in mason jars for your friends who needs an easy breakfast! I also …
Several different bunches of spring greens have found their way into my kitchen in the past week or so and I have now twice made this very simple dinner that with a slice of cornbread will fill your tummy for very little money. Especially if your greens are from a friend’s garden. We got Swiss …
Chocolate Pecan Cookies made with Dark Chocolate and Whole Wheat Flour Chocolate Pecan Cookies are not your after school snack cookie. This cookie is for book club, for your valentine, for your late night trip to the cookie jar. In other words, this cookie is for adults. Or mature children, mature being defined here as …
For our New Community dinner this month, I signed up to bring a soup and salad. I landed on my newest creation, sweet potato coconut soup. And then I also brought these snowball cookies. They are a family recipe that we make every year at Christmas. There are several variations around this cookie that is …
An Easy Recipe for Raspberry Rugelach That You Can Freeze For Later Raspberry Rugelach Ingredients: 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, room temperature 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 cups sifted bleached all-purpose flour 1/2 cup raspberry or apricot preserves Make dough: place cream …
Taido and I had this wonderful coconut sweet potato soup in a restaurant on a date recently that we loved. It was so dreamy that we sat at the table a long time and tried to figure out everything that was in it. We made a list so later I could try to duplicate it. …
I love the fresh ginger dressing that comes on top of some lettuce and shredded carrots at the beginning of your meal at sushi bars and Japanese steakhouses. I don’t get to get out and eat sushi as often as I would like, but I can now at least have the salad because I have …
Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup I saw Slumdog Millionaire this weekend. Everyone should see this movie. I would love to see it sweep the academy awards. However, two days after seeing it, my thoughts are a little too raw to be coherent so instead of talking about this film, I am giving you a recipe …
Ina Garten’s Cheddar Dill Scones I made Ina Garten’s cheddar dill scones this week, and I have grounded myself from making them again because I ate them all. They are so flaky, cheesy yummy that I just couldn’t resist. Even the next day after a minute or two in the toaster oven I was burning …
I made these muffins for Taido to take to work this week and I have had several requests for the recipe, so here it is! You probably have everything you need to make these for breakfast tomorrow! Enjoy! Cinnamon Muffins 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon …
Gingered Carrot Cookies I made these gingered carrot cookies a few weeks ago, and I think they just look like autumn. Plus they remind me of carrot cake, which I like a lot. They are from Dorie Greenspan’s monstrous cookbook on baking, which has proved to be a very delectable purchase. My love for ginger …
We are having a pretty low key Thanksgiving this year as opposed to the super crazy years we go to Chicago and pile like 40 of us in my sister’s house, cooking and eating until we all explode. I will miss the greater gathering, but the relative calm of this year allows me the time …
Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread Here’s some skillet cornbread to go with the soup your serving tonight! This hearty, made from stone ground cornmeal, not jiffy cornbread, is browned to the perfect state of crispy-edge-ness in a cast iron skillet. There is a secret to making this cornbread even tastier than it usually is. It’s not the …
I made this wonderfully hearty soup last week for two different events at our house and though I have no pictures, I am giving you the recipe because I’ve had several requests for it. I was introduced to this soup by my dear friend Karen Smith who I haven’t seen in oh, so long, but …