We’re going to be blogging lightly for the month of August, posting frequent photo postcards with a snippet of text. View the entire summer postcard series here.
A delicious and simple meal of miso soup, rice noodles, and tofu.
Category: In the Kitchen
Summer Postcard No. 1
We’re going to be blogging lightly for the month of August, posting frequent photo postcards with a snippet of text.
Father-daughter kitchen adventures: making chai from scratch.
Berry Lover
Our daughter loves to eat fresh fruit and ripe berries. (Who doesn’t enjoy sweet, juicy berries?!)
Not only does she gobble them up in the blink of an eye, but she frequently wears them.
On her outfit. On her face. In her hair.
As she’s gotten older, you’d think she’d become a neater eater, but evidently not so much.
At least not when juicy berry are involved. Nom nom nom.
Grocery Shopping List (Free Download)
Each week I feel overwhelmed as I start from scratch on my grocery list. What do we need? What do we usually buy? Most of the time I’m preoccupied and exhausted and, well, can’t remember for the life of me. So I go shopping with a short list and invariably come home from the store and realize I’ve forgotten something. More often I forget 5 things.
I really needed some grocery shopping help. I tried several grocery shop apps for my phone, but found them to be too time consuming. I needed something simple and easy. A list that I printed out once a week and placed on our fridge that David and I could mark as we ran out of items.
So I created this master grocery list that you may download, modify and print for your own personal use.
Our list is mostly gluten-and-sugar-free, so I hope yours will contain things like fresh pizza dough and cake. You know, things I dream of eating. Enjoy!
Can’t find a highlighter to mark your needed items? I’m using a yellow colored pencil, but you could also underline, circle or check off each item. Whatever works best for you and your family.
Our Favorite Frozen Snack
One of our most beloved afternoon snacks really couldn’t be more simple. We slice bananas and pop them into the freezer for a few hours. The recipe may be similar to frozen banana ice cream but it’s a whole lot less work.
This snack is:
Obviously more healthful than eating ice cream;
More tasty than plain old sliced banana (though we do love topping sliced banana slivers with a dab of peanut butter; they taste great when eaten with a toothpick.);
Plus the toddler can slice up the banana herself, so it’s a family-friendly activity as well.
Evidently if you’re three years old you need to bundle up to eat this frozen treat and run around the house shouting, “BRRRRR!” And then ask for more cause it’s so yum.
We’re not at all dramatic in our house. I can’t imagine where she gets it from.