Future Bakery Chef

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James, who will be eight-years-old later this month, has become a budding bakery chef. He’s decided that he wants to go to culinary school when he grows up and invent recipes. He recently invented a cookie recipe that he’s still working on perfecting. Its current name is Spicy Cocoa Delights, though the name has changed [...]

Warm From the Inside Out

It’s finally turned cold here with a high today of about 20 degrees. We had about two or three inches of snow on the ground this morning, and I let the boys go outside and play with their friends while I made breakfast. When they came in all rosy-cheeked and covered in snow, I had [...]

Construction Birthday Cake

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Robert, my youngest son, turned four this month and requested a construction-themed birthday party. (Actually, he requested begged for an excavator toy, and I figured that meant that a construction party would be a big hit.) I bought a little set of five construction vehicles – dump truck, bulldozer, front end loader, backhoe, and a [...]

Breakfast

I love breakfast – it’s my favorite meal of the day. Maybe it’s because so many bread items make wonderfully acceptable breakfast foods, and I have an unending love affair with bread. Whatever the case, I eat breakfast everyday – can’t imagine going without – and never get tired of the yummy variety. I don’t [...]

Recipe: Peanut Butter Balls

For as long as I can remember, my mom and I would make peanut butter balls from time to time. If I recall correctly, she had originally seen the recipe in the local newspaper before I was born. It’s a quick, easy, high-protein snack that almost everyone enjoys. (Everyone except my husband, Jon, who has [...]