For the first couple months of transitioning toManic Mondayevenings, our 2 "big" girls and the parent who took them to dance and gymnastics grabbed fast food between classes. It was the easiest chose, saved me from having to think up and pack something that would last for a couple hours ...
Well, I’ve been baking and teaching for a long time, and I have a few opinions! Why Get An Electric Grain Mill My Challah Bread I have said it in a million classes, that every preparedness-minded person buying a hand-crank grain mill needs an electric one too. ...
When asked why we went this way, Geoff tells me “it is a much more fun road with better scenery and you’re not stuck in traffic all the way. Why would you want to be stuck in traffic all the way?” Makes sense to me. Now, I’m going to pick up our journey from Bell’s L...
For me, the level of sweetness in this crisp is ideal. You don’t have to sweeten the fruit because some of the topping sifts down during baking and does it for you. Similarly, the topping thickens the juices. I like the crisp warm or cold. I usually eat it plain, but you could ...
“world tour”. I assume that’s when she took classes in France, but I’m not sure. A side note: when she died and we were cleaning out her house, we found a mint green satin cape from Paris in the attic. What I would give to have that today. I also found a drawer full of...
Older recipes ask for Madeira cake to be cooked in a round tin (or hoop), but I prefer baking mine in a 900 g (2 lb) loaf tin.[8]I like the characteristic crack you get that runs down the length of the baked cake. Very pleasing. When it comes to flavouring, just a little lemo...
8. Inspired by the seafood pasta dish in the pub, I cooked up a fish head we had in the freezer and turned it into a tasty seafood soup. 9. More creative goodies were finished by the kids in sewing classes this week. 10. I even managed to squeeze in a 4 hour 1:1 session with...
As I mentioned in my last post, things have been crazy around here the last several months. And of course once things started calming down toward the end of summer and we got used to the slower pace of life, my oldest started school and a week later started swim classes that run four...