So ever since the study last month that linked butter-flavored microwave popcorn to Alzheimer’s, I’ve been a little wary about eating it. Not because I’m actually worried about getting Alzheimer’s (I’m pretty sure I’ll be finished off by a flesh-eating virus well before that), but more because I can’t pronounce the chemical (diacetyl) scientists believe is causing […]
A Cars Party!
We’re in the middle of our Fall Birthday Blitz. Three of the kids were born within about a month of each other. So a week after a slumber party with six little girls, I’m now hosting a party for my newly minted five-year old boy and his friends. Fun, fun, fun…but man, I could use […]
Favorite Things of Summer: Prepara Ice Pop Molds
OK, these are one of my favorite purchases this summer: They’re Prepara Ice Pop Molds and they’re quite exciting because they have a cutout (a freeze-out? They freeze with a hole in the middle). This means, of course, that you can fill the outside with deliciously bad-for-you popsicle recipes and then fill the middle with complimentary bad-for-you […]
How to Freeze Basil
My basil is a little outta control. See those pretty white flowers at the top of the plant? Bad! Those are bad! Basil is actually better when it’s about half this size. So I, using all my vast acquired gardening knowledge, hacked it off with some rusty pruning shears which I then dropped on my […]
Rosemary Baking Day
I’m trying to use up a bunch of my herbs that grew a little out of control while I was away. My rosemary behaved himself pretty well, but still needed a little trimming: He usually lives inside on my kitchen windowsill but just before we left I thunked him down in the veggie garden to […]
Ice Cream in a Bag
I feel like this should have some sort of pithy name or something. But I got nuthin’ so I’m calling it like it is. It’s ice cream. That you make in a ziploc bag. It’s a fun activity to do when you have a bunch of kids together because everyone can do their own and […]
5 Days of No-Cereal Breakfasts: Day 5
Welllllll — today’s breakfast was sort of a mini-fail. I kept to one of my criteria and we ate something that was not cereal. But when I sat down and did the math, it actually came out to be slightly more expensive than cereal (especially cereal that’s on sale). It does have more protein and […]
5 Days of No-Cereal Breakfasts: Day 4
Today’s breakfast is most cost-effective at the end of summer when the six zucchini plants you put in because you couldn’t quite believe some of them wouldn’t die all bear zucchini…and more zucchini…and more zucchini. Or if you simply have me as a neighbor and must deal with me ditching zucchini on your doorstep when […]
5 Days of No-Cereal Breakfasts: Day 3
Today’s exciting, unique, and original no-cereal breakfast that is guaranteed to rock your world was… pancakes. Yep. That’s it. Just pancakes. But we don’t normally have them during the week and they fit our cheap, no-cereal criteria and so here we are with our pancakes. I’m discovering that this breakfast challenge is requiring me to […]
Egg Breakfast Recipes
When the kids are on vacation, we try to slow down around here. They no longer have to scarf down a box of cereal, hurry up, get ready, find their shoes, and get out of the house. We can relax. We can spend a little time making breakfast. We can make it special. Modern Mrs. […]
