Make your own homemade Italian soda with fresh pear syrup and top it all off with cardamom cream. My house is full. There are four small bodies that fill it daily with their voices, loud and fun, quiet and contemplative. They fill it with their clothes, hastily thrown in … [Read more...] about Homemade Pear Italian Sodas with Cardamom Cream
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A Back-to-School Eat Well, Spend Less: ABC Ideas for Your Lunchbox
Looking for inspiration on what to pack in your kids' lunchboxes as they head back to school? Here are a few fun lunchbox ideas to get you through the year (or at least the first half of it) in this month's Eat Well, Spend Less series. I pull the white cotton sheet over my … [Read more...] about A Back-to-School Eat Well, Spend Less: ABC Ideas for Your Lunchbox
A Labor Day Giveaway: Mixed Grill Skewers Recipe
A quick and easy garlic chicken mixed grill shish kebab recipe and a giveaway for an Everyday Grillin' Prize Pack with cast iron skewers from Bush's Beans. So, this is it. Summer has come to a close. Tomorrow the world will change and start spinning in the opposite direction, … [Read more...] about A Labor Day Giveaway: Mixed Grill Skewers Recipe
Brioche Apple Cinnamon Rolls
A brioche cinnamon roll enhanced with the tartness of early season apples happened in our kitchen today, and Shaina wasn't even home. Shaina is off today. Not by choice, but by force. Currently she is traveling around the West Coast promoting her book and talking to people and … [Read more...] about Brioche Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Ginger Plum Preserves and Easy Appetizers
A recipe for ginger plum preserves turns into tasty crostini appetizers with thinly sliced and toasted baguette, capricho de cabra goat's cheese, and fresh plums. Stone fruit season is one of my favorites. Coming at the end of summer, I wait patiently all year for its … [Read more...] about Ginger Plum Preserves and Easy Appetizers
