Today’s my Thursday at Writer…Interrupted. I’m musing about the incredibly delicate balancing act we mothers with “side-interests” face. Hope you come over there and share your thoughts too.
On other fun topics, it’s about baby chick time again! And my original flock of 25 is fine and dandy. Spring must be in the air, as egg [...]
Archive for February, 2009
A stopping place for your child
Published by February 26th, 2009 in Home Schooling and Life and Writing. 2 CommentsCream of Asparagus Soup
Published by February 23rd, 2009 in Cooking and Food and Health. 13 CommentsI’m so excited about this spur-of-the-moment recipe! Mostly because my two youngest daughters hold no fondness for steamed asparagus, but both requested seconds of this deliciously healthy soup!
Do you ever start making a meal with no ideas on what you’re actually going to end up with? I did this today at lunchtime. When staring into [...]
Healthier Gravies and Soups with Bean Flour
Published by February 19th, 2009 in Book Recommendations and Cooking and Food and Health. 11 CommentsThat lady at church, the one handing out snack sized baggies of white bean flour samples? Yeah, that’d be me. You see, I just discovered the absolute coolest (this week anyway) substitute for flour as a thickening agent! Great White Northern beans!
Country Beans by Rita Bingham, is another superb cookbook for the serious homemaker. Whether [...]
Rainstorms last night and this morning have left the outdoors a bit too muddy for me, personally, to be out there enjoying it! But it’s 60 degrees out there and the wind is whipping, sure to dry things out soon enough.
So we’re letting the hope of springtime blow in through the windows. Why not? Rains [...]
Jen, a bloggy friend from New Zealand, tagged me a while back for this fun meme…let me know if you want to play and I’ll assign you an alphabet letter for your favorite things…Jen gave me the letter “E”…
So here goes:
Eggs!!! We have had eggs steadily throughout winter, on average around 17 a day. And we’ve [...]
