Kitchen Game Changers

There are a few Kitchen tools that I highly value because they make time in the kitchen enjoyable. Each one makes cooking and baking easier and can elevate the food that comes out of my kitchen. Over the years I have found that not all Kitchen tools are creative equal. I have had to replace,…

Forgotten Places to Clean

There is always something that needs cleaning. It’s true. But when Spring comes around there is to energy in the air that is asking for the windows to be flung open and all the forgotten places to be clean. This week as I have been working through my own Spring Cleaning check sheet I have…

Frozen Grapes

The children are sick. One look tells you that there is something wrong, they aren’t their normal selves. Personally, if my son isn’t hungry – something is wrong. The past few nights I’ve been up with couching children and catching sleep when I can. Over my second cup of coffee this morning I was reflecting…

Winter Blues

How should we combat the Winter Blues? On those days when nothing seems happy or cheerful, when everything seems gray and depressing. First know that we have all been there, you aren’t the only one. Here is what I do on those days, Make your own Sunshine When the day is gray and there is…

For the Love of Moisture

It’s Winter. It’s the time of the year that the heat is on, the fire is lit, and our hair & skin are drying out while we try to keep ourselves warm. There are days when I feel like all I need is a bath in oil because I feel so dry. For those of…

Refresh The Kitchen

A New Year. A Fresh Start! Let’s start in the kitchen and clean things up. Let’s refresh our kitchen from the towels to the hot mats and start this year ready for some good baking and some superb meals. I do this every year and find that it keeps my “junk draw” cleared out of…

My Favorite Cookbooks

I thought I would celebrate my Birthday week by posting every day this week and give a complete run down of my favorite things. Let’s start with Cookbooks! I read cookbooks like some would read a text book. I have to have a paper & a pencil to take notes on what I’m reading. I’m…

Spring Cleaning

It Spring! The tulips are looking lovely, the daffodils are little yellow tea cups and the trees are outdoing themselves with their own show of blooms. We have finally turned off the heat and the window are open to let that smell of Spring drive out the wood stove smell that has been a constant…

Four Bushels. One Person.

It’s the season for Apples! Forget pumpkin spice and give me Apple butter, applesauce and apple pie. The house has smelled like apples for a week now and it has been the best smell EVER! When I looked back at my notes from last year’s applesauce making I had made note that I had bought…

Mommy Survival List

No. 1 Have a Water bottle at arms length. Drinking water is important when you’re pregnant and it is important right now too. You will feel like a camel – but when your job is to feed this little one in your arms, water is important. No. 2 Now that we have been well watered…