Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Today, we celebrated Mother’s Day. There are no words that can begin to express the amount of love and nurturing a mother will shower over her children. I couldn’t grasp this concept until I became a mother myself. My mom–also known as Super Mom–spent ALL her time, and any of her spare time, making sure […]
While I am a fan of quick breads and Bundt cakes, particularly the ones that include chocolate chips, I am becoming more and more attracted to Polish-style coffee/snack cakes. What could be so different? First and foremost, Polish coffee cakes tend to be low in the sugar department. Yet they still taste good. There are […]
I mentioned in an earlier post–the one where Mama Fox was caught red-handed burying a squirrel–that Mama Fox had cubs. We’ve counted 5! We took these photos a couple of weeks ago. They aren’t the best, but I couldn’t resist sharing them anyway. Our fox family has taken residence under our shed, which is propped […]
Every week, a new wave of Spring flowers emerge. These bleeding hearts above are a lovely sight. They are short-lived, which is a bummer, but their lives are longer than other plants that get eaten by the local deer. Bleeding hearts are deer resistant! These hostas are making their way out of the ground. Lucky […]
It may appear from the other posts on this site that we only eat cake, cookies, and chocolates, but in reality, we do in fact eat 3 regular square meals a day. Most of the time, we need to make quick meals, so the grill is our friend. On occasion, when I have more time […]