Things Were Happening Six years ago things were happening. This little blog of mine was moving right along. My snicker’s brownie recipe was everywhere. It’s an older photo which I should probably update, but it’s kind of nice to see how much I’ve improved too. A few of my projects were being featured in magazines (here’s one example), and I…
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Have you read Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson? I can’t begin to tell you how much I love love love this story! It is two stories all meshed together into one tale as the author switches between the story of a man, Ben Solomon and his past in Poland during WWII and his present life in Chicago in…
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Banana bread is one of my family’s favorite treats. In fact, I think they avoid eating bananas and let them get over ripe purposely just so that I’ll have to make banana bread so they don’t go to waste. I know it’s time to get baking when one of my kids (usually my middle son) says, “Mom, did you see the…
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It can be such a chore to figure out what to make for dinner during the summer months. Kids are home. Days are long and crazy busy. It’s hot and I don’t want to turn on the oven. Sometimes just figuring out what to make can be daunting. Right?!
Have you ever tried wild berry puff pancakes before? We discovered them a few summers ago and they have become one of my family’s favorite breakfasts. We started with what seems like a mini recipe now and made it in a skillet. I made this 9×13 this morning and now my family has declared that I need to make two…
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