Wednesday, February 29, 2012

I Love Food...Library Recipes

  As part of Marigold's homeschooling, we take weekly trips to the library.  
Recently, her love of reading and love of helping in the kitchen have joined forces.  
She loves to check out recipe books to find something in them we can make together.  
Today we are making Outside and Inside Cobbler Riddle from The Redwall Cookbook.  
The cookbook is full of short stories about animal friends, each followed by a recipe.  
Today's recipe is a peach cobbler with a few interesting ingredients to make it special 
(almond flour, orange zest, etc...)  
It smells great baking in the oven!  
I really enjoy cooking and baking with Marigold.  
She not only gets to practice reading and math, 
but I can really see how proud she is of her kitchen skills.  
I hope that Library Recipes will remain a tradition for a long time to come.  



                           

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

I Love...Lazy, Snowy Days


I woke up early this morning and was greeted by a white blanket and softly falling snow.
I absolutely love starting my day this way.  
My home is somehow instantly warmer and cozier. 
 I get to look forward to the slower pace of a snow day too.  
Today, I took the children out early for snow play, 
followed by the obligatory mug of hot cocoa.  
All the chores are accomplished, and everyone is playing well together.  
I don't even feel the slightest bit guilty for serving biscuits and marmalade for lunch...
it is a lazy, snowy day after all.