The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I seem to be in a real “try new things” kick when it comes to food this month. I suppose one wants to add something new every once in awhile to spice up one’s diet, get the creative juices going, and make dinner seem less like a bland “chicken-something” night. So far this month it’s […]
It’s springtime! …right? Right. I’m not convinced either. There was a snow squaw this morning as though winter wanted to spite spring. To spite winter weather right back, I decided to make sorbet. I first learned about “sorbet” a few years ago when we were on a Carnival cruise with my sister-in-law and her hubby […]
You may remember when I made my first recipe for fluffy pancakes this past June. Though it works, I wanted to have a mix that didn’t even need a milk substitute (gets expensive) and still tasted great. Being that Bisquix was part of what my family used for our pancakes while growing up, I decided […]
Sorry for being away awhile! Karl and I were both stuck at home with bad colds all last week (boo). Now that we’re no longer carrying tissue boxes from room to room with us, it’s time for some Christmas spirit, and with that…Christmas cookies! My favorite cookies are by far Russian Tea Cakes – they’re […]
Who likes pancakes? (I do, I do!) I mean, fluffy, lip-smacking pancakes, rather than the usual hard-tack sit-in-your-stomach-like-a-stone, gluten free pancakes that pre-mixes often provide? Ooooh yeah. I’ve been wishing to tackle making gluten free pancakes that reminded me of my Dad’s Saturday morning pancakes for a LONG time. I finally got around to trying […]
