So it’s Spring, which is a beautiful thing. Except that my children have been rising with the sun. The very early sun. Before we go any further, I must come out as strongly against The Morning. Specifically, all of the hours before 8:00 am. I cannot get behind anything that causes me to get up […]
We like pancakes. We like them so much that we have started eating them every week. It’s a delicious ritual. Pancakes are pretty phenomenal, aren’t they? Do you know what makes pancakes more phenomenal (if you are 3 years old)? Sprinkles! And…sshh…do you know what makes them more phenomenal if you are 30 years old? […]
Our family has started a weekend breakfast tradition. It’s fairly surprising, actually, given my husband’s general apathy toward keeping traditions AND his venomous hatred for the morning…but on Saturdays, bright and early, when I holler up the stairs that pancakes or French toast are ready, he immediately appears and we have a special family breakfast! […]
I can remember the first time my mother ever added chocolate chips to pancake batter. It was basically the best thing that ever happened to Sunday morning breakfast, as far as I was concerned! In the intervening years, I have eaten more than my fair share of chocolate chip pancakes, and my conclusion is that […]
It was Mother’s Day a few weeks ago. Not to brag, but I had a pretty stupendous day! I should probably backtrack and mention that my husband isn’t big into celebrating special occasions and events, or at least that he doesn’t care whether holidays are celebrated on time. He is more of the mind that […]
You know what’s weird? My husband loves whole grain breakfast foods, but doesn’t really like whole grain bread. Me? I would probably trend the other way, given how much I love flaky pastries and cinnamon buns. But this month, as I was perusing Amy’s Cooking Adventures for the Secret Recipe Club swap, I was captured […]
It’s gloomy. And cold. What you need is for your kitchen to smell warm, and your stomach to be filled with sweet spices to keep you cozy from the inside out. So let’s break open our spice cabinets and make chai pancakes! We could maybe even pretend that all those healthy anti-inflammatory and blood sugar–lowering […]
This month for the Secret Recipe Club, I was assigned a great blog: Amy’s Cooking Adventures. She has so many delicious recipes that I really had a hard time deciding what to make! So many of Amy’s dishes looked yummy, from her Avocado and Egg Grilled Cheese to her Balsamic Pasta Salad. I am definitely […]