Saving Summer Raise your hand if you have no idea what a sugarplum is… I had no clue, maybe something with plums? And sugar? A cake? They were our next dessert to try in The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. They are delicious, healthy, and […]
Saving Summer Purim is coming up, time to make these delicious triangle shaped cookies. My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat, and had it not three corners, it would not be my hat! Hamantaschen are shaped like the antagonist’s hat in […]
Saving Summer If it is cold enough where you live to do this project, fist of all, Im sorry. We can do this, we will get through this together. Gawd February is long. I have been really down lately, I think mostly because of Winter. […]
Saving Summer Seasonal living, is the purposeful way of life that allows someone to enjoy each season and get the most out of every part of the year. Is is natural for us to want to live seasonally, but in our busy world it takes […]
Saving Summer It’s beautiful out, take advantage. What? That was not a phrase I had heard often before moving to Minnesota. In Southern California almost everyday is beautiful, and the weather rarely keeps you inside. Now that I was in the midwest I heard that […]
Saving Summer As I have said before, we are working our way through The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. One of the reasons why I chose this book is because it is organized by seasons. Anything arranged seasonally appeals to me. Maybe it is because […]
Saving Summer Tu B’Shevat, a Jewish holiday, is the New Year for trees. The day is used to calculate the age of a tree, it is essentially all trees Birthday because they all age one year on this day. It comes from when one was […]
Saving Summer I went overboard with Shabbat dinner last week. I NEVER make a dairy dinner but I made an exception this week to allow for a dairy dessert and to switch things up. On the menu was stuffed shells, eggplant caponata, gnocchi marsala, minestrone […]
Saving Summer I did it. I filled a tube with spit. It was so hard you guys. Disgusting. I gagged a few times. I had to read a book while I was filling it to distract myself, but geez was it gross. I have been […]
Saving Summer The baby had a birthday! She is one! It is more an accomplishment for me, than her. I want to say the year went so fast, that is what everybody says. But it didn’t! A year… seemed about a year long. This kid […]