This year on our annual camping trip I was sitting with my young friend by the fire making doughboys and discussing why some people like dogs and some don’t. She’s a huge fan of dogs and told me she likes them so much because they are soft and cuddly and always like to play. I […]
How to Easily Grill Corn on the Campfire
Posted on July 26, 2015 Written by 1 Comment
This year Ellie & Christor were old enough to actually help us plan for our annual camping trip, including participating in meal planning. They declared that they were going to make pancakes, and since I know that Ellie is perfectly capable of making pancakes at home by herself, that sounded great to me. She also put in […]
Gearing Up Green for the Super Bowl
Posted on January 30, 2015 Written by 1 Comment
I am very excited for the New England Patriots to be in Super Bowl XLIX and almost as excited to see that LEDs will be lighting the University of Phoenix Stadium for the big game. As Katherine Tweed notes in her article LEDs Will Shine on Super Bowl Sunday, the stadium will not just be […]
What to do with Fresh Cranberries…
Posted on November 2, 2013 Written by 4 Comments
I received fresh cranberries in our organic fruits & vegetables box this week and I was perplexed. I’ve never dealt with fresh cranberries and I’m so busy, I just wanted something quick to do. So I did what any modern housewife would do, and I asked the Facebook hive-mind. It turns out, cranberries are very […]
Freezing Brown Rice
Posted on September 9, 2013 Written by 2 Comments
Last week I wanted to make the family Indian Food over brown rice, but I was short on time and brown rice takes 40 minutes to make. I can’t tell you how many times something like this has come up for us. I’ve considered buying instant rice, and I have bought a microwave in bag […]
Perfectly Cooked Bacon
Posted on July 2, 2013 Written by 11 Comments
I love bacon almost as much as I love sausage and my kids love bacon even more. We don’t usually cook it at home because we are trying to avoid the nitrites and other nasties in most commercially available bacon. I also haven’t been able to find a bacon we can afford that we also […]
How To Write On A Cake Without Artificial Colors
Posted on June 9, 2013 Written by 2 Comments
Well, it seems I’m on a dessert kick recently! Last week I wrote about healthy cold desserts and the week before we wrote about camping desserts! This week it’s cake decorating. I don’t actually make a lot of cakes, and in fact, I was going to buy one this time. Some college friends are getting […]
Cold Desserts With A Healthy Kick
Posted on June 2, 2013 Written by 3 Comments
It got really hot where we live, and it got hot fast. Around here it was about 20 degrees F above average for the last several days. We sometimes get weather like this in July and August, but in May, it’s just weird. At least it’s not tornados. However, it inspired me to look for […]
Camping Desserts: Apple Crumble
Posted on May 27, 2013 Written by 5 Comments
We love to camp. We’ve been camping with a group of friends for years. In fact, it’s the group of friends that Alicia used to camp and rock climb with back in high school. Before any of us had kids we used to go for hiking trips where we would camp at a campground at […]
Spicy Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
Posted on February 8, 2013 Written by 2 Comments
We recently signed back up with Boston Organics after a few years away to eat more fresh, local and organic fruits and vegetables. For those not familiar with Boston Organics, they are sort of a cross between PeaPod and a CSA. Each week, they deliver a bin with mostly local organic fruits and vegetables to […]
