My sweet, wonderfully talented husband is our Chief Gardener. From early spring until late fall he spends hundreds of hours outside digging in the dirt, planting, tending, weeding, feeding, and then finally harvesting a variety of the fruits of his labor. However, this week he is in New York City tending to God’s garden, namely … Read more
Here I am showing off my new bakers half sheets with lids! It was Christmas in July at my house this week when this surprise gift arrived from my nephew Ryan. At our recent family reunion Ryan brought four of these bad boys to use and was the envy of every cook in the family! … Read more
Today I made a pie. Now ordinarily this isn’t blog-worthy news. However, today it is. You see, for the better part of the last 6 weeks I have traveled or been otherwise preoccupied and have spent very little time in the kitchen. To the person who looks at the kitchen as a necessary evil, 6 … Read more
Today is the 3rd anniversary of my first blog post. At first I thought about saying something like, “it seems like only yesterday” that I started writing and sharing with the world via the internet. But that isn’t true. It seems like I have written this blog for a long time. When I push the … Read more
Have you ever heard the term “you can’t out give a giver?” That saying totally describes my neighbor and friend Gaye. Isn’t she beautiful? Imagine this — she is even more beautiful “inside” and her love of God is unsurpassed. Recently I baked some fresh strawberry cupcakes (recipe coming soon) and couldn’t wait to take … Read more
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him— 1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV While the Chief was away last week in NYC, my sous-chef dish-washing mom and I ate at a local … Read more