I love strawberry season!
Tropical Traditions Organic Soft White Winter Wheat
I have been reviewing products from Tropical Traditions for a few years now, and this Soft White Winter Wheat is one of my favorites! I recently got a grain mill from NutriMill as part of the Grain Mill Wagon Challenge, so the timing for receiving this wheat was perfect. I wasn’t sure I would like grinding my own flour, but now I am convinced it is the best way to go. The flour is so fresh it makes a huge difference in how the food tastes.
This soft winter wheat is best for baked goods like muffins and cookies. It is lower in protein and gluten than standard wheat, so it makes a very light flour. If you buy it already ground it is usually called “Pastry Flour”, because it is perfect for baked goods.
Wordless Wednesday–Boating Fun
We have had such a warm spring that for the first time in years we were able to get our boat in the water by Memorial Day. Hopefully this is the start of a great summer!
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Mother’s Day is tomorrow! Here are some great gift ideas that Mom will love, some cheap and some not so cheap.
Homemade Cards
Always a hit! I have an entire collection, going from crayons on construction paper to more fancy scrapbook ones now that the children are older. I especially like the one my daughter started out, “My Mom is weird…”
Cheerios Snack Bars Recipe
We have lots and lots of Cheerios in the house right now, so I wanted to make a Cheerio dessert. The Cheerios website has a whole section of recipes on it, and I modified the Banana Nut Snack Bars recipe to make these chocolate covered Cheerio Snack Bars.
Stanley Steemer Gift Certificate Review and Giveaway
Dirt never quits! It is the time of year for spring cleaning, but there are some things that you just can’t clean for yourself, which is when it is time to call in the experts. Vacuuming is important, but it doesn’t remove all the grime, dirt, and dust that get tracked into the house. So every year or so we like to get our carpets professionally cleaned, and this year we used Stanley Steemer for the cleaning.
Time Saving Kitchen Tips
I love to cook for my family – but I don’t want to spend any more time than necessary in the kitchen. So here are some time saving kitchen tips that help.
Grilled Beef and Potato Kebob Recipe
My family always enjoys grilling food outside this time of year. We have a long winter around here, so once the snow is gone and we can break out the grill we can hardly wait! Kebobs are one of my favorite things to grill because they have both meat and vegetables, so it is an efficient way to cook. We had perfect grilling weather this weekend, and I made this beef kebob for dinner on Saturday.
Apricot Almond Bread Pudding
I made this delicious bread pudding using the organic fruits and nuts that I received from Bella Viva Orchards. I love apricots and almonds, and I thought they would make a great combination for a bread pudding. I tried to make the recipe not too unhealthy, so the recipes has less eggs, sugar and butter than most bread pudding recipes. Even with that it was plenty sweet, since the dried apricots are so sweet they don’t need extra sugar.
Seabear Ready to Eat Wild Salmon Review
We eat quite a bit of seafood in our house, and salmon is one of my favorites. It is healthy with lots of Omega 3 fatty acids, it is easy to cook and it tastes great. So I was happy to receive a package of Seabear’s Ready to Eat Salmon to review.
This ready to eat salmon comes in a portable sealed package, and it is fully cooked, boneless, skinless and lightly flaked. I thought it tasted much, much better than canned salmon, and it was very moist with excellent flavor. The packages are single servings of 3.5 ounces. I used mine in a salad, and it made plenty for two servings, but how many it serves will depend on how you use it.
Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe
This weekend we had blackened bluefish for dinner, which I really don’t like at all. So I made this quinoa salad to use as a side dish for everyone else and a main dish for me. It was very easy to put together, and it has a nice blend of flavors. Of course it would be easy to vary the vegetables based on what you have in the refrigerator, so it is pretty versatile.
Swiss Premium Teas and Lemonade Review
Swiss Premium Teas and Lemonade are available at retailers throughout the Northeast. I recently had the chance to buy try some of their Lemonade and Iced Tea. It is certainly much easier to buy these drinks ready made than to mix them up at home. I like the fact that Swiss Premium is made without high fructose corn syrup or preservatives, so it is just like I would make it at home. The ingredients for the Iced Tea are water, tea and sugar, which is exactly what I would use to make it.
Oatmeal Muffin
I am always looking for ways to add more protein to my children’s diet. My fifteen year old recently decided she won’t eat beef or pork, so it is becoming even more challenging, since chicken and eggs get boring after a while! She loves orange juice, but that is mostly sugar and doesn’t provide any protein at all. So naturally I was interested in the new Silk Fruit&Protein drink.
This product is a like a fruit juice with added protein, and it is easy to find in the dairy section of the store, with all the milk. It comes in three flavors, Mango Peach, Mixed Berry and Strawberry Banana. I knew that the Strawberry Banana flavor would be most appealing to my children.
Bear Paw Sweet Potato
This post is sponsored by Country Crock. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
Getting children to eat and enjoy vegetables is difficult for many families, including mine. My children have always been willing to eat fruit, but vegetables are more of a battle. For example, my husband I both enjoy broccoli, but none of the children like it at all. Any attempt on my part to serve it is met with groans and complaints, even when I drench it in cheese. Country Crock recently came out with the Clare Crespo Cookbook, which is full of fun ideas to make vegetables, like broccoli, more appealing to children, and they asked me to test out a recipe from the book.
Kohlrabi Potato Curry Recipe
Last week I got a kohlrabi and the grocery store, and had to figure out a recipe to use it in. It is used frequently in Indian cooking, so I decided to use it in a curry. I basically made a standard potato curry and added the kohlrabi, and it turned out pretty well. The kohlrabi had a nice taste too to it, and added some variety to the potatoes.