So. Pinterest. At first, I hated it. For me, Pinterest equated to this BIG HUGE GIANT snowball o’ guilt. In the early days of The World Domination of Pinterest, it appeared that it’s most common use was going to be for home decorating – to show all of these amazingly and perfectly coifed rooms with […]
Gourmet Baby: Yes, I Did Make a Breastmilk Smoothie.
After Noah’s obvious frozen yogurt love last weekend, Chris had an epiphany: I should make Noah his own FroYo, Baby-Kosher-Style. Baby-Kosher-Style = made with frozen breastmilk. Don’t worry – I’m not about to get all crazy. My byproducts will not be made into breastmilk cheese or anything curdish like that, but the thought of making […]
The Diet Bearability Report: Two Months.
On Saturday, Chris and I celebrated two months of our Lose It diet plan with a combined weight loss of 39.6 pounds. (The total being 39.6 completely killed me, seeing as how 40.0 in 2 months would have been such a beautifully neat and clean number. I suggested cutting off my arm – or maybe […]
Would You Like That Deep-Fried or Dried?
Birth, although an amazingly beautiful and miraculous occasion, is, let’s face it, also pretty fantastically disgusting. You’ve got blood and guts and possibly poo and definitely puke and meconium and blood and guts and…Placenta. There’s just nothing pretty about placenta. (I would normally insert a picture of a placenta in all it’s glory right here, […]
Chiggeremedies and Chigger Pie
To help make Chiggerade out of our Chiggers, Ali and I made Black&Blueberry Pie with some of our pickin’s… Ali was especially proud of her butter pat pattern placement: And, since it’s the first time I’ve ever made a pie quite like this and I changed the recipe around a bit, I didn’t know if […]
Potato Avgolemono..A Real! Live! Brand! New! Recipe!
We always do a Greek-Based family lunch for Easter. It includes amazingly tasty favorites like Roasted Lamb with Egg and Lemon Sauce and Spanakopetas: If you want our family recipe for these delicious Greek Treats, it can be found here. Anyway, Mom was making the Lamb, Spanakopetas, and Strawberry Pie for the big day, and […]
In Sickness and in Health, by Scratch or by Box…
My family is a “from scratch” kind of family. As I was growing up, we ate three homemade meals a day together, all made lovingly from scratch, as were any desserts that were ever made. (At least that’s how I remember it – albeit potentially a bit idealistic-childhood-memory-esque.) And my Mom wasn’t the only cook […]
Turning Liquid Gold Into Cheese.
Caution: People of the Male Gender MIGHT find this post to be disturbing and possibly too much information, and people of the Female Gender might have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Flashbacks. Proceed With Caution. You have been fairly warned. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve personally been through it, but I can still […]
Random Snowiness and Uncle Joe’s Tot Locker
If you’re looking for the investigative report on Uncle Joe’s Tot Locker, you can find it by clicking here. We had an awesome time in our snow, which has all escaped now except for the remains of dozens of snowmen making it look like The Great Snowy Massacre of 2010. But, in what […]
Just A Litter Fun…
A few weeks ago, I purchased our long-anticipated Church Cookbook: On the way home from church, I thumbed through, looking at various recipes. And then I arrived at a recipe so unique that it was powerful enough to change my life. KITTY LITTER CAKE. (Okay, maybe not change my life, but certainly add a good […]