For breakfast this morning I made a new recipe that I found on 101 Cookbooks a long time ago. I had never thought of eating quinoa for breakfast. But I’m so glad I tried it. This is really good! And super easy too. And…I soaked yet another grain! While I was thinking about what I …
Oatmeal Muffins
Last week I had to make some muffins for a church event. And while I was looking through my recipes I found a recipe for oatmeal muffins from my MIL. I had never made them, but they sounded good…and it looked like a recipe that would be easily adapted to soaking grains and replacing the …
Totally Alone
Have you ever felt totally alone? I mean completely. Like the world was silent? 3 weeks ago tomorrow I found out that I was not pregnant. We had been so hopeful…things were progressing. And then it ended. I was in shock. I was so upset. I was confused. I was angry. How could God let it happen? …
Whole Wheat Flour and Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
Yesterday I finally tried my new grain mill attachment for my stand mixer. I ground some hard winter wheat berries. It’s so easy. And it makes awesome, soft flour. It is noisy and takes a little time. But not too bad. I made about 4 1/2 cups of flour yesterday. And I’ve already used most …
Coconut Cake
My BIL and SIL are both graduating. They will be having a potluck open house next Saturday to celebrate before they move down to Kentucky to continue school (residency and PhD work). I decided to bring a couple different kinds of cupcakes. One of them is coconut. I found this recipe in my Barefoot Contessa cookbook …
Very Aware of Infertility
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. Although I didn’t know this week existed until a few days ago, I have been very aware of infertility for quite some time. I am very open about the fact that we used in-vitro fertilization to have our daughter. You can read about our experience in this post …
Whole Wheat Soaked Cinnamon Raisin Coffee Cake
I continue to experiment with soaking grains and swapping ingredients. I had some buttermilk and plain yogurt to use up, so I decided to see what I could do with my recipe for yum yum coffee cake yesterday. I replaced the AP flour with half whole wheat flour and half white whole wheat flour. I …
Rebecca’s Birthday Cake
Rebecca turned 2 yesterday! We had a fun family day. I decided to make her a Dora cake this year. And Rebecca requested sprinkles and rainbow ice cream. So I made a white cake with rainbow colors (bottom layer yellow and green, top layer pink and blue). It’s tough to see them all in the …
Ice Cream Cones
Since it was such a rainy day yesterday Rebecca and I tackled another experimental baking project…ice cream cones! I haven’t had much luck finding a recipe that looks all that great. But I found this one from Disney Family Fun a long time ago. Figured I’d give it a shot. The cone is like the …
Chocolate Cake
Tomorrow is Justin’s 30th birthday. We celebrated yesterday. One day while I was in the process of figuring out what kind of cake to make Rebecca and I happened to browse through my Barefoot Contessa at Home cookbook…yes, Rebecca likes to read cookbooks with me 🙂 And I came across her recipe for Beatty’s Chocolate …