Years ago my Mom presented me with a red spiral bound notebook. On the front, she had written From Mom’s Recipes – Family Favorites Plus Some: Book 1. The notebook was nothing special, just one of my old high-school notebooks that only had a few pages out of it, but the contents were priceless: page…
Christmas dinner was delicious, the first time… and the second time… and maybe the third time, but by today, the idea of another ham dinner just didn’t sound appealing to any of us, and yet since we still have a large quantity of ham to use up and there is NO ROOM in our small…
Thanksgiving wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without sweet potatoes, but you won’t find marshmallows sprinkled on top of the sweet potatoes at our table. Our family prefers a recipe with a history: one that’s been served for years at our family gatherings and that was served originally in the Kings Arms Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg, VA, one…
We will forever be indebted to McDonald’s. McDonald’s fries were the first solid food we convinced Connor to taste… and like most children, he loved them instantly! From there, he conceded to try McDonald’s chicken nuggets, and from there chicken breast, ham, ground turkey…. until, at age five, most of the solid foods he will…
We LOVE pancakes, but I have been struggling as of late to find a wholesome and delicious pancake mix. Not long ago, I decided we could eat healthier, and likely save a bit of money on our food budget, if I started to make some of our mixes from scratch. The boys LOVE to eat…
The boys are convinced that it was their prayers for snow that brought the six inches of fluffy white flakes to Northern Virginia Sunday evening and into Monday. That’s fine, after all, we have been telling them that the Lord not only listens to all of our prayers, but He also answers them all: sometimes…