I don’t know about in your family but in mine I can never get the servings right when I make oatmeal by the pan. Six people should eat six servings, right? Especially when I add chopped apples, maple syrup and cinnamon. And yet, time after time I find myself with oatmeal left over. Fortunately, I … Read more
Fruit crisp, or fruit crumble, makes a delightful dessert or breakfast. In this four ingredient fruit crisp recipe I’ll show you how to use whatever fruit you have on hand – fresh, frozen, dehydrated, or canned. For years we picked peaches for my Mother’s Day gift. We didn’t always go on Mother’s Day, but that … Read more
During the summer months it seems that I need to have more snacky type food on hand. My boys just seem so much more hungry. Also, when they go mow and especially since Christian is now working full time a local book store they just want something quick to take with them. My secret weapon? … Read more
Note: Once a week I share a popular post from the archives. This post was originally published in August 2011. Saturday morning when we woke up was the first day that we were all home, all day together in a long time. My boys were very tired from youth church camp and so they slept … Read more
Last month was National Hot Breakfast Month and I participated with nine other bloggers and some amazing sponsors to celebrate. It came at a great time for me. I found that I had gotten into a rut of having the same couple of things over and over each morning. But I really couldn’t think of any … Read more
Welcome to our Wednesday Night dinner preparations – an “omelet bar”, actually these are last week’s but this week’s are pretty much the same. Breakfast foods are usually quick to put together which makes having breakfast for dinner a easy option on a busy night. Wednesday nights we have AWANA and youth group up at … Read more
This week for Hot Breakfast Month our theme is “breakfast in a hurry”. Let’s face it, even with the best laid plans, sometimes our mornings are rushed and while I want to make a hot breakfast for my family I just don’t have time. I’m sure you can relate. Sometimes I know a morning is going … Read more
Growing up my mom did many things that I now realize were not the norm for a mom of the ’70s and ’80s. One of those things was making sure we ate a hot breakfast before going to school. That’s not to say we never ate cold cereal but it was the exception rather than … Read more
Being from the South (Texas specifically) we like our biscuits, in fact I had never heard of a scone until I was an adult. Don’t laugh; I lived a sheltered life. But, oh my, the first time I ate a scone, I knew I didn’t want my children growing up quite as sheltered as I … Read more
Note: Once a week I share a popular post from the archives. This was originally published in March 2011. We woke up this morning to a very bare refrigerator. Just a few days ago you could hardly open the door without something falling out, in fact, Sunday something did fall out on me…. twice. I … Read more
The other day Josiah was “mentioning” that we didn’t have any food in the house…only things to make food with. He was right, I’ve been a little preoccupied with things like tiling a floor and haven’t done a good job of keeping of our homemade snacks in the house. So Saturday I set out to … Read more