Finding Fabulous Food, Photos and Crafts to Share
Want to enjoy Valentine’s Day and still stay low calorie?? Read on! Book: I am half-way through “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” by Maria Semple. It is funny and a fun read. On Goodreads, my friends give it 4/5 stars and I would agree. It is pretty neat to see what friends have read the book …
We are still in peak holiday season, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t prep for the rest of the day’s nutrition before the cookies and candy come. This week – in addition to a Minecraft birthday party celebration (a future blog post)- I have been researching smoothies and how to get maximum nutrition into …
Book Update: I took ALL my books back to the library! We move next week! I already found a school library book from last May under our dining table. Oy vey. Recipe: A lassi is a yogurt based drink mainly found in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feel free to substitute the mango for another …
This recipe is from the Caribbean and Latin America. Traditionally, the batido or “fruit shake” is made with any tropical fruit like pineapple, banana, mango, papaya, guava and passion fruit. In the photo, I used strawberries because we had a lot of them to use up before going moldy. Frozen fruit can be used …
After years of making green smoothies, Maddox asks: “Mom, can you make a smoothie that isn’t green, please?” Oh, okay fine. Here is a super-simple smoothie recipe that definitely brought a little of the “tropics” to our below freezing weather. Feel free to add anything you like! The great thing about smoothies is that they …
Book Update: After waiting for 2 months for Veronica Roth’s “Allegiant,” I finally received it from the library. It was a great series… up until now. I decided not to buy the book when it came out because of the bad Amazon reviews. Personally, I find the bad reviews justified. But hey, I’ll keep reading …
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” as Charles Dickens opens “A Tale of Two Cities” back in 1859. One of my friends posted on her blog about how she came to accept, “I am enough.” An outstanding example presented was that of a beautiful, juicy, delicious peach. Was the …
Recipe: Back when I was little, Orange Julius was a favorite treat. Though I don’t really care for it nowadays… which is strange. Maybe it is the foam. But this version doesn’t have foam! I love it. It is fresh and the kids loved it, too. Orange Julius Copycat servings: 2 8 and 1/2 …
Hot cocoa – Yum! Hot cocoa on a stick?! Yup. It’s true and it’s yummy. Heck, *I* even like the chocolate part and that is saying something! Here is the recipe for the cocoa block party. I used Wilton’s 6″ lollipop sticks to put the cocoa blocks and marshmallow on. You can buy marshmallows at …
Good morning! I hope the change in format/theme and photo changes are not confusing anyone. I have been trying to research updated themes for my blog and be able to keep all of the people signed up to receive email updates. I like a lot of photos and the collapse of older blog posts which …
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