Yesterday was my son’s 7th birthday and as I do for every birthday in my house, I make whatever kind of cake they request. This year, the request was a “cannon” cake. I will be posting on the cake design in my next post. For now, here is the recipe for the filling inside the…
Easy Marinated Zucchini Slices
I went out to the garden this morning and what did I find? Huge zucchini and yellow squash. I had checked the garden on Saturday and there was nothing ready to get picked, but just like that, the squash and zucchini grew and now they are on the large side. So far, we are keeping…
How To Stay Cool During A Heat Wave
It’s July and here in Upstate New York we have just started to get some really hot weather with high humidity. It’s very challenging to stay cool without an air conditioner and with humidity levels like this, but it isn’t impossible. Here are a few things that we do to try to stay cool. 1.…
The Great Bread Experiment Update
This is a guest posting by my husband. A few weeks ago I said in a blog posting that I was going to do an experiment to find out how hard and time consuming it is to make bread. I was hoping to do this experiment right after the birth of my daughter, but as you…
When To Harvest Zucchini And A Few Easy Recipes
It is that time of year again when the zucchini plants begin to produce profusely. You go from having nothing in the line of squash and zucchini, and then *BAM*, you have so much of the stuff, you don’t know what to do with it. I just picked my first zucchini and yellow squash a few…
The Newest Addition To Our Family!
I am very pleased to announce the safe arrival of: Lydia Rose 7lbs, 13oz June 24, 2011 at 3:34am I had precipitous labor that started at 12:40am and ended with her being born about 2 hours and 50 minutes later. We left our house at 3:12am and she was born at 3:34am. Did I mention…