Category Archives: Food Glorious Food

Simple Sunday – Practice Thanksgiving 2013

There were twelve of us gathered around the table this year.  I took time throughout the meal to look, really look at the faces of my friends and family as they chatted and laughed and enjoyed the meal we all … Continue reading

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Simple Sunday – Playing with Fire and Cooking Quotes

Alright I will be totally up front with you all – the quotes and the pictures in today’s post have nothing to do with each other.  But whatever.  I do what I do. Yesterday morning we made waffles at Cody’s … Continue reading

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Simple Sunday – Mojitos, Pie & Friends

Yesterday we hosted our second annual Summer Pie Day, one of the many made-up, food centric, family holidays that we celebrate. The adults enjoyed refreshing mojitos using this recipe although modified to include mint instead of basil.  The kids set … Continue reading

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Of Fall and Feasts

It is that time of the year again.  There is a chill in the air, that even the sun’s rays cannot warm. The leaves take their final bow, step away from their partners twirling and swaying, to land gracefully on … Continue reading

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Mini Math Muffins

This year not only did I sign up to be one of the room moms in Cody’s classroom (something I vowed I would not do again) but I also signed up to help out with the school’s largest fundraiser, XtraMath.  … Continue reading

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Summer Pie Day

We have celebrated National Pie Day, which falls on January 23rd, for the past two or three years ever since I learned of it’s existence.  Every year my pie enthusiast friends and I lament that the holiday falls during a … Continue reading

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Lemonade Friends

In between the farmer’s market and our small town’s Arbor Day event we drove past a lemonade stand.  It was the type of lemonade stand made up of a folding table, a red and blue toy cash register, and three … Continue reading

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A Spontaneous Post (or not)

I can drink coffee, sing the ABC’s, towel dry a rain soaked dog, help dress one of my two children, and with my third hand flip pancakes, but I break a sweat if I try to read two books at … Continue reading

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Mmmmm, Pie…

“The pie is an English institution which, planted on American soil, forthwith ran rampant and burst forth into an untold variety of genera and species.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe~ Yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day.  Created by the American Pie … Continue reading

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My Attempt at Gourmet Baking

I am a nervous cook. I read and reread a recipe ad nauseum.  I set out the required ingredients before I start.  I am more that a bit compulsive.  Seriously people, I was well into my 20s before I stopped … Continue reading

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