I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Kraft Fresh Takes recipe challenge. My kids have had fun helping me and planning what to make with the Rosemary & Roasted Garlic variety. As part of this campaign, I wanted to show you how I plan my weekly menu, with the help of my kids, and fun game we recently came up with to help keep things interesting and fun while we grocery shop. It’s […]
This post is sponsored by Kraft Foods. Even though I work from home, it’s still really hard to get dinner on the table some nights. I tend to get focused on a project and before I know it, it’s dinnertime and my kids’ tummies are growling for something delicious to eat. Those are the nights when I need to come up with something that is fast and easy, like this recipe for Cod au Gratin. […]
Cherish Bound and RootsTech have teamed up for The Story@Home Conference, held March 21-23, 2013 at the Salt Lake Convention Center. At the conference, there will be speakers, story-tellers, performers and 30+ classes focused on telling your story. (Tickets are still available!) Leave a comment below to win a full conference pass. Over the summer we had plenty of opportunities to spend time with my husband’s Brazilian relatives. Some live here in the States and […]
Becky and I are baking together again. This month we’re sharing Scandinavian holiday recipes. Becky is Swedish and I am 1/4 Norwegian. And proud of it! My maternal grandfather was full Norwegian. His father was in immigrant from Karmøy, a small island southwest of Haugesand. We were lucky to be able to visit Norway, including Karmoy, eight years ago before my grandfather passed away. We were there during August 2004. I dream of going to […]
Every summer get-together deserves a great party punch. When my husband’s aunt and uncle invited us to their farm for a little family reunion yesterday, I asked if we could make Watermelon Otai. Otai is something we usually seem to have at big family parties with my husband’s side of the family. Everyone loves it, so of course it was a welcome addition to the party. Yesterday was also Pioneer Day in Utah. And that’s […]
Let’s talk family reunions and old-fashioned homemade ice cream for a minute. In my mind, you can’t have one without the other. And it is that time of year again for my family. My paternal grandmother grew up on the same block as her grandparents and all of her aunts, uncles, and cousins. Many of their children still live on the same block in Salt Lake City. I loved visiting there when I was a […]
This is one of my very favorite pictures. I took it when my oldest was not even two years old. The sun was streaming through the window into the kitchen of our 2nd floor apartment in the NYC suburbs. She was enjoying breakfast, if I remember correctly. Probably oatmeal with blueberries. The crazy chair is one that I inherited from my husband’s aunt. One of an identical pair, she picked it up at a church […]
This is my little guy, Fritz, last year when he turned 4. What do you think of the fabulous cake? (Please note sarcasm. My vision was not realized.) Today he turns 5. It’s been a long, productive year for him. He attended a special ed/speech preschool and finally started talking. It was a blessing for him (and us) to have his amazing teachers who loved him and wanted him to succeed. A sweeter boy never […]
In January, I made a wedding cake for these two lovely people. Meet Samantha and Chas Kelly. Even if I wasn’t related to them (by marriage) I would love and claim them as my own. (Sam is an amazing artist, by the way. She has an Etsy shop called Can You Hear Me? You should check it out.) I offered to make their cake and hoped they’d say yes. When they did, I was completely […]
I think I might be busy for the next little bit….. (Smile.)