I often buy my meat in bulk because it’s so dang cheap, but I wind up giving myself a new problem of how to use it all up. If I was smart I’d portion the meat out before I put…
Tutorial: Personalized Cookie Valentines
This is Atti’s first year bringing Valentines to school, so I had to come up with something great. Of course, trying to come up with a Valentine’s treat for a Special Ed class is a pretty big challenge. A lot…
Recipe: Fluffy Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Bear’s favorite dessert in the entire universe is the humble sugar cookie. But as most people are with things they love so much, he is filled with very passionate opinions about it. It has to be thick, and it has…
Recipe: Chicken Fried Steak with Milk Gravy
Southern comfort food at it’s absolute finest. When I want a hearty Sunday dinner on a crisp winter evening, chicken fried steak is one of the first places I go. This is one of those dishes that I can only…
Tutorial: Make a Blanket Cape
In my obsessive reading of fashion blogs lately, it’s been fun to educate myself on some clear trends that in other years have sailed right by me. This year it’s capes and plaid prints. I would never never ever have…
Broth Braised Potatoes
I cook a lot of meat for the men in this house, which means I also cook a lot of potatoes. And sometimes, I need an option besides mashed potatoes – again. I came up with this recipe one Thanksgiving…
Intellectual Property for Crafters – A Case Study
If you’ve been craft blogging for any length of time at all, you’ve probably seen something you made end up somewhere else. Some people are good-natured but haven’t thought through the consequences of what they’re doing, sometimes it’s something totally…
Breakfast Burrito
I have become such a Californian. Once upon a time I would get sick of burritos for every meal, but now, that’s like saying I get sick of *food* every meal. Latin food has such an endless variety of options,…
Alphabet Softie Beads
Atti is very very very particular about what he plays with. So my only chance to get him to play with a toy that is good for him, is to make it in a shape he likes. Back in August…
Pork Chops in a Bag
En Papillote is a fancy French cooking term for cooking stuff in a bag. Most commonly this preparation is used with fish, but it can be used with anything that does well with a more gentle cooking method. The meat…