Gingerbread house in Christmas decoration on display Image by Victor Wong (sfe-co2)
Sydney, Australia – Nov 14, 2017: Gingerbread house in Christmas decoration on display at the Westfield Center, Market Street. A closeup view.
dinner 2/1/07 Image by frangrit
– Leek, potato, and celery root soup
– Homemade peppered cheese bread (my first yeasted bread loaf ever!)
– Red leaf lettuce and frisée salad with walnuts
– Blackstone Merlot (cheap and decent)
Plus the new, awesome Eva Zeisel dinnerware (reissued from Crate & Barrel and given to me as a birthday gift) and Vera napkins (pilfered from my Grandmother).
scrabble fridge Image by numist
Cindy has these homemade magnetic Scrabble pieces (no doubt a gift from her mother). it turns out they are really useful for grocery lists and messages in the household.
Triplemint Meringues Image by yummysmellsca
Adapted from The 250 Best Cookie Recipes by Esther Brody. To add a bit of extra flavour (since meringues are notorious for tasting just sweet), I used a minty trifecta of dried peppermint, peppermint extract and mint chocolate chips – its a perfectly light addition to the cookie swap.
Mona’s Refrigerator Rolls Image by jhhymas
My husband’s only sister was named Mona. For many years, she and her husband ran Bob’s Cafe in Grace, Idaho She was well known for NOT sharing her recipes–I never got the one for homemade sweet mustard. She said guys came into the cafe for that mustard, and if their wives could make it at home, she and Bob would lose business. There is even a story, possibly apocryphal, that she gave a recipe to an insistent person once–with an inportant ingredient left out.
She did give me this recipe, though, and I copied it into a steno notebook that has other recipes of that era–in the first two years of my marriage– either written in, or clipped and pasted. The handwriting is recognizably mine; my handwriting still looks very much like this.This page is the dirtiest in the notebook, and testifies to the many times I have made these rolls. It also demonstrates what 50 years will do to paper that is not acid-free. This notebook, and the Betty Crocker cookbook that was a wedding gift got us through our first few years of wedded life. Kraft’s Macaroni and Cheese Dinner was 11 cents at the PX in Lawton, Oklahoma. My husband was drafted into an artillery unit there right after we were married. I served this mac and cheese with frozen peas about once a week; ’twas a very thrifty meal. Said husband gently explained to me that he was tired of it, and would like just a bit more variety.
I got the notebook out today to copy the recipe for my niece, Ekaterina, who is getting married soon. My sister adopted Katya from a Russian orphanage when she was eleven. I can’t go to her kitchen shower, but I will send this, my best recipe. I will write clearer directions about punching down the dough in the morning and how to bake. I am at an age where daughter-in-laws cook Thanksgivng Dinner for me, but I still usually am asked to make these rolls.
Half a Row Image by yummysmellsca
A mix of ready-to-eat and unripe Concord grapes from our backyard vineyard made for a perfectly set, tangy jam that I canned to give away for Christmas gifts! I have another 5 lbs of grapes in the freezer for a second batch!
Free printable bible coloring pages and Christian coloring sheets for little kids and older children too. Including Easter and Christmas pictures to color in and biblical scenes of miracles and events from the bible.
Gorgeous Spring coloring pages for kids and adults to color, including beautiful flowers, cute baby animals, Easter eggs, rainy day pictures, and more!
Vanilla-Quad Fudge Image by yummysmellsca
Adapted from Chocolate Moosey, this sweet, creamy fudge is loaded with all things vanilla – from infused sugar to extract, seeds from a vanilla bean and of course the vanilla-flavoured white chocolate! Homemade marshmallow creme makes this candy a breeze to make and ensures a melt-in-your-mouth experience!
Ladoo from Patel Brothers on Devon Avenue Image by sarahbest
This is Ladoo, an Indian sweet, that is made out of chickpea flour and sort of tastes like a homemade donut hole that’s been dipped in a sweet syrup. This weekend I decided to go to Patel Brothers, an Indian Grocer on Devon Avenue, to get some bulk spices that I needed to make curry chicken crepes, and to give as gifts to foodie friends who are putting me up during my stay in NYC.
Free printable Easter egg coloring pages and blank templates you can download and print at home! Including simple designs for preschoolers and young children and more intricate patterns for older kids and adults to color in too!
Our Saint Patrick’s Day coloring sheets are a brilliant free resource for teachers and parents to use in class or at home on March 17. From easy pictures for little preschoolers to color in to more detailed drawings for older children and adults, there is something for everyone!
Looking for butterfly coloring pages and templates to color? On this page, you’ll find a huge range of free printable pictures: cute cartoon butterflies for preschoolers, butterfly life cycle diagrams, butterflies in the garden, fairies with butterfly wings, and lots of intricately-patterned drawings of butterfly wings for those children (and adults!) looking for more challenging butterfly pictures to color in!
