Posted in food on Nov 14th, 2010 6 Comments »
I’ve been experimenting again in the LaPaz test kitchens (doesn’t that make it sound fancy?? LOL!), playing around with various cornbread recipes from here and there, and come up with what I think is a hit: an incredible recipe for delicious gluten free cornbread! In fact, it’s probably the best, lightest, fluffiest, moistest, most delicious [...]
Posted in food, high school, science, Superboy's projects on Sep 29th, 2009 20 Comments »
And I documented the entire process. Well, most of it anyhow. See, it’s algae week in marine biology and one of his assignments was to make something edible from seaweed ( He has the wackiest teacher ever, you know). So Superboy decided to learn to make sushi. It’s something he’s been wanting to do for [...]
Posted in Catholicism, food on Sep 8th, 2009 9 Comments »
Today was the day our church celebrates the birth of Mary, the mother of God. Since we are using the fabulous book, Mondays with Mary, as a guide for our religious celebrations this year, we celebrated yesterday (monday). What’s a birthday without a cake, right? Well, when it comes to my kids and baking, I [...]
Posted in alaska, food on Oct 6th, 2008 19 Comments »
Ok, maybe not quite, but perhaps a shivering mass of flesh? Take a look at the inside of our freezer: We were gifted with 50 lbs of moose burger (plus a few assorted steaks and roasts) for only the cost of processing (= cheap!). I am thankful, but a bit daunted. I know what to [...]
Posted in food, JBug, montessori on Aug 17th, 2008 13 Comments »
One thing I love about Montessori methods is that they encourage children to be independent and to do real, meaningful work. I find that my children love to feel like they are useful contributors to the household, and I try to give them real work to do whenever possible. Here is just one example of [...]
