My in-laws are here this weekend, and today happens to be my father-in-law’s birthday. So I wanted to make a cake. I had thought about doing carrot cake. Then I wondered if I could add pumpkin and make a pumpkin carrot cake. I did some searching and found a recipe for pumpkin spice cake on Joy …
Pumpkin Nut Butter Bread
Yesterday I made a pumpkin version of nut butter bread to go with our chicken apple chili. I just kind of guessed on quantities, lowering the pb to add the pumpkin. So I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. But it worked great! Rebecca loves it. We’ll see if our guests like it tonight …
The Letter E
I had lots of ideas for this week, but we didn’t have time for very much. Here’s what we did do: The Letter E craft/science/nature – shape elephant, Earth, talk about eyes and ears, eggs – talk about them and eat them for dinner baking project – eyeballs (mudballs) character – encouraging earn – we …
Meal Plans Week of 10-9-11
I just spent lots of time on my GAPS post, so I’ll have to make this one quicker to get it done on time. Last week was very busy with errands and outings. I finally got winter gear for the kids and new shoes for Rebecca. We went to the zoo and the orchard. We …
Crockpot Stuffed Peppers (Grain Free, Dairy Free, Nut Free, GAPS-legal)
Yesterday I had a doctor appt. in the afternoon, so I needed a prep ahead dinner. I decided to try making stuffed peppers in the crockpot. I didn’t really use a recipe. I just made a simple meat mixture and stuffed it into a couple peppers. It cooked all day in the crockp0t. What a super …
Simple Ways to Add Nutrition to Your Day…They Even Work for Kids!
This is a post I started about a month ago. Figured I better finish and post it 😛 It’s just a few simple ways I’ve learned to add nutrition to our diet. I especially like that there are many easy ways to nourish a growing child…even a picky eater. 1. Raw egg yolks – This …
The Letter D
We had fun with the letter D this week learning about Dutch, dogs and dinos. Here’s what we did. The Letter D Baking – Dutch apple pie, Dutch letter cookies Crafts/Science/Nature – Dutch windmills, dog puppets, dinosaur fossils, shape-a-saurus Dancing Days of the week – Rebecca now knows the days of the week. Daddy – we made …
Meal Plans Week of 10-2-11
Happy Anniversary to my parents! 38 years is something to celebrate 🙂 May God bless you with many more happy years together. So as I mentioned in an earlier post Justin was in Germany all last week (wow, it is so much tougher to take care of 2 on your own than 1!!). So my …
Salt Dough
We’ve been learning the letter D this week. So we’ve been talking a little bit about dinosaurs. As I was looking for dino crafts I found an easy one for making fossils. You use salt dough. It was great for this craft. And it can be used for many other things. I’m sure I’ll be …
Dutch Letter Cookies
This week we are learning the letter D. So what’s more fitting for a Dutch girl than Dutch letter cookies? 🙂 I had actually never heard of these before. I just did a search for Dutch desserts and found this recipe on All Recipes. So Rebecca and I made them yesterday. They turned out pretty well. I …