Everyone needs an outlet for the kinds of stress that family and small business and home-running brings. For me it’s a small garden that, here in Chicago, I get a few months of great pleasure and relaxation from, and cooking.
Cooking works on so many levels. It feeds (sorry for the pun) my need to keep [...]
The Kahunas are all summer babies. It’s one happy birthday party after another from July through September. Of course any reason to bake and eat cupcakes works for me…
These are lemon cake (yes, I’m still using the left over juice from the limoncello making) with chocolate butter frosting and lemon sugar on top.
I saved [...]
Ok, in this case I went out and bought the lemons, but it made for a good title anyway.
It’s finally getting warm here in Chicago…the longest spring ever (not that I mean to complain, I prefer the cool air to the humid and hot.) So now it’s time to break out a drink that [...]
The Cluttered Pantry
I’ll divulge a little too much about myself and tell you that when the world around me starts to press in, starts to feel uncontrollable (I am a self described control freak) I tend to organize my pantry. I’m not speaking in some metaphorical code here, I mean I actually go through [...]
I found this online yesterday and thought it seemed like a fun project to try with the girls while sneaking some more of that all important Vitamin D into them.
Toddlers experience cooking, pouring and rhythm as they help make these easy silly shakes
Ingredients:
½ cup of [...]
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