See our new toy! Here is Jacob revving it up. It sounds like a jet engine getting ready for take off. We have been saving for a milk separator for quite some time and we were so excited when it arrived! I have been skimming cream by hand and decided that the luxury of a [...]

Today … it is Willy! My kids love to cook. Most of the time I love to have them help! I will admit sometimes, I wish I could just fly solo and get things done in less time and with less mess. But then I think of all the things that can be learned AND [...]

My daughters have been in the kitchen this week. They made Onigiri (rice balls). These are really easy and a very tasty side dish. We used some pink salmon which we sauteed in a little  salt and topped with plum sauce. The girls had fun making them into shapes. They started with the traditional triangle [...]

Strawberry season has begun and oh boy it is sweet. We have plans to make lots of jam and freeze some for future use and to just eat some because they are just so yummy!!! What do you like to make with fresh strawberries?

This morning I announced to the kids that we will all help prepare and can some carrots! There was a good deal on big, big bags of organic carrots, so I bought one and now there is no way we will eat them all before they go bad so we need to can them. Canning [...]

See these beautiful Butternut Squash? Our neighbor delivered two of these to us and they were so beautiful AND YUMMY! I love harvest time … I wish we had a bigger garden but it just was not in the cards this year. These beauties were self seeded from last years plants, therefore a lovely surprise [...]

For Jacob’s birthday we made Chocolate Lava Cake Supreme, oh my it was sweet and yummy!!!! Here is what we did … we used King Arthur’s Lava Cake Mix. I do not buy these things but Grammy had sent this, she had ordered it from GMCR. Grammy had also ordered us these little prep bowls [...]

There are many ideas, I really have never looked into this, I just cry away while I cut them but the other day my son was peeling an onion and apparently he was smart enough to know that this would help! I thought this was a great idea! So I did a little looking and [...]

The other day we went strawberry picking. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had lots of fun! The kids ate many bright red strawberries, picked a few to bring home and just had lots of fun! At home we spent the afternoon cleaning, cutting and munching on strawberries! We made a yummy Strawberry [...]