We don’t go to Noodles often, but when we do I almost always get the same thing: Pesto Cavatappi. It’s a little bit of Heaven in a bowl: creamy, cheesy, noodley, basil-y, carb-filled, don’t-ask-how-many-calories divineness. Mmmmmmm… Pesto Cream Sauce Irish Girl found a recipe for a pesto cream sauce that’s…
During the summer Teacher and I try to eat both lighter and healthier, so salads are a natural choice. The kids aren’t as thrilled about it, but we try to find salads with ingredients that they’ll like. College Boy calls salad “Rabbit Food” although he will eat a polite amount……
Irish Girl has a fattening habit of making dessert on the nights she makes supper. One day she made Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes – she had to make them in the early afternoon so they’d have time to chill. Z-Man started out helping but was quickly bored so I handed over…
In no particular order… 1. “Could you please not sneeze into the batter?” – Irish Girl to Little Guy while making cheesecakes. Keep an eye out for the recipe – it’s worth the wait! 2. “This isn’t my band-aid – why is it on my knee?” – Jo-Bear, staring at…
As I’ve said before, one of the benefits of having College Boy, Irish Girl and Love Bug live with us besides getting to know Irish Girl and Love Bug better is trying out some of their favorite recipes. Recently College Boy made Bourbon Chicken and it was a definite home…
Almost every month our Valley AEYC meeting includes continuing education, and last month’s training was Childhood Nutrition by my friend Dorothy and one of her co-workers, Sarah. When I met Dorothy eight years ago she was morbidly obese – weighing over 350 pounds – was diabetic, had high blood pressure,…
Teacher almost always “beeps” when he goes through metal detectors; this time it was his belt buckle. Not that he’s got a honkin’ big belt buckle, the detectors are just THAT sensitive. Once inside the park we connect with the rest of the group. Most of the kids in…
We rose bright and early Saturday morning to get ready for competition. Obviously it’s early but few of us are “bright” at this time of the morning. After breakfast runny eggs and soggy hash browns, with bacon good enough to make up for them Chuck led us in a…
The other day I posted a photo of a soccer appliqued pillowcase one of my readers had made using my How to Applique tutorial. At the end of the post I invited everyone else to submit applique photos for me to show off, and Beth took me up on the…
To look at her you’d never guess that the mere mention of her name would strike fear in a certain four-year-old’s heart. But it does. Several years ago I began having the older childcare children bring their dishes over to the counter after meals and snacks. As each child…
