I think I'm probably in the same boat as most mom's here. I find myself saying "No!" to my kids about a hundred times a day. Now some are the absolutely necessary keep my kids from hurting themselves safety Nos. No, you can't put that up your nose. No you can't yank on the power cords. No, you can't dance when we're crossing the street. No, you can't hit your sister. However … [Read more...]
Raspberry Banana Bread Recipe
Last week Jen over at Mom vs. the Boys posted a Banana Raspberry Muffin recipe that got me thinking, "Hmm, raspberry and bananas together? That sounds tasty!" I decided it was time to dust off my banana bread recipe and make some slight alterations. A good friend gave me her chocolate banana bread recipe a few years back. I always make it sans chocolate because my husband … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Chex, Plus Terrific Chicken Recipe
srodrim - Fotolia.com My mom has celiacs disease, which means like 14% of other Canadians she has to follow a gluten free diet. When I was a kid growing up during the 80s, our house was filled with various gluten free products. Twenty some years ago gluten free products were hard to hunt down, they were expensive, and for the most part they didn't taste so great. The … [Read more...]
Super Easy “Tree Ornament” Sugar Cookies
When I was in grade school we used to make sugar cookies, string them with red thread and hang them as ornaments on our Christmas tree. I thought it would be a fun tradition to revive with my kids. However, since I hadn't made these in like twenty-five years I decided a practice run was in order. So I had a fun evening with Rainbow making cookies. We used some very vintage … [Read more...]
Kitchen Helper, Surviving a Preschooler in the Kitchen
Rainbow wants so very badly to help me cook. I have a gate barring access to the kitchen. 90% of the time if I am cooking she is at the gate begging me to let her come in and help. I do let her help sometimes. I should probably let her help more often. I feel guilty, but everything takes ten times longer with her "helping". I usually don't start on dinner until after my … [Read more...]