Living in Harmony

This is adapted from this recipe, and was absolutely perfect with some fresh local strawberries and spinach straight out of the garden. This is how I made it.

1 tablespoon poppy seeds
< 1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon minced pearl onion
10 ounces fresh spinach – rinsed, dried [...]

My mom made me a little cookbook with all my favorite recipes when I moved away from home. The other day Meredith had it out and was looking at it, and she brought it over to me opened to the recipe for Nanaimo Bars. Of course, then I couldn’t get them out of my head, so [...]

I searched last night for a dairy-free recipe for banana muffins, and the ones I found just didn’t seem to be what I wanted. So I ended up playing around with a couple of different recipes to make one dairy free. Always dangerous, especially if you’re not a baker. But they actually turned out [...]

I spent the morning baking apple cinnamon muffins and oatmeal apple-raspberry crisp, both to freeze. While searching for my apple crisp recipe I realized I’ve never shared it here and it’s one of my favorites, so here it is! No pictures again, since I haven’t actually baked it this time. I’ve substituted the brown sugar with [...]

We just tried this for the first time last night. It was so quick and easy and the house smelled delicious while it was baking! The original recipe is from Sandi Richard’s Cooking for the Rushed: Healthy Family cookbook. As an added bonus, any leftover potatoes make for delicious hash browns the next morning.

1/2 cup unsweetened [...]

We were out yesterday to meet a good friend’s new puppy when all of a sudden Meredith decided she wanted to come home and make cookies. Then when we got home she changed her mind and wanted hot chocolate instead and seemed to forget about the cookies.

We had a rough night. She’s sick and coughing and [...]