Kombucha: Well, the kombucha is not doing as I’d hoped. It definitely smells like a fermented drink at this point, but no “mother mushroom” is really forming. Don’t know what went wrong. Maybe I didn’t use enough of the pre-made kombucha in my batch. Maybe it wasn’t a warm enough atmosphere. I searched high and… Read More Kombucha, Hot Chocolate, and WATER!
Last week, I was glad for it to be snowing in Texas and NOT here. Well, that situation lasted all of about 2 days! We got a bit of snow on Saturday, and then about 5 or 6 inches today. Actually, I was secretly hoping that winter in New England would only last for the… Read More Oh, the weather outside…
After filling 24 Advent bags for the days leading up to Christmas, I had about half a bag of Hershey Kisses left over. When Wednesday rolled around, and I was preparing some food for our mid-week couples Bible study, I decided to use the rest of the bag to make these yummy treats! I make… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Flour-less Peanut Butter Blossoms
It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what… Read More It is Good to Give Thanks….
So said Hester Prynne, and glanced her sad eyes downward at the scarlet letter. And, after many, many years, a new grave was delved, near an old and sunken one, in that burial-ground beside which King’s Chapel has since been built. It was near that old and sunken grave, yet with a space between, as… Read More Livin’ in the Land of the Literary (and the Historical, and the Political, and the Financial)
I can hardly believe Thanksgiving is next week! We will be having our usual gathering of a few families and any folks who can’t travel to their own homes for the holiday. It is one of my kids’ favorite days of the year – lots of guests and lots of food and lots of football… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Praline Sweet Potatoes
We just returned a couple of hours ago from an annual denominational meeting in Maine. When we left we were fairly sure Kory was getting over his 2 days of low-grade fever, and that it would be fine to leave all the kids with two of their favorite kid-sitters: Rachel and Virginia. (Thank you so… Read More Gluten Free Friday: Out-of-Town + Sick Kids = Recipe Rerun
My little (big!) girl has turned into quite a chef lately. She has always loved to help in the kitchen, and has even been known to purchase cookbooks with her own money. (A smoothie cookbook that she uses regularly!) For her 9th birthday, we bought her DK’s Cookbook for Girls, and recently she has made… Read More Gluten Free Friday – Cheese & Pesto Straws (and a kombucha update!)
Sweet tea is a staple in most Texas/Southern restaurants and homes. When Robert and I were first married, we had a pitcher of it in the frig at all times. Breakfast was the only meal we didn’t drink it with, and that was only because we were drinking hot tea first thing in the morning.… Read More Kombucha: Sweet Tea for the Crunchy
So, we ran our half-marathon a week ago Sunday, and I have hardly given it another thought since that day – unless someone asked about it. Don’t know why I do this – work so hard toward a goal, train, pray, read up on, get anxious over -finally perform the task and then nonchalantly go… Read More Half-Marathon Wows and Whoas