We picked strawberries this week and ended up with 22 quarts. We froze most of them, but we also made Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake, using this recipe. I used real whipped cream instead of cool whip, which made it not look as nice, but I prefer the taste of real whipped cream. I also get my […]
Sesame Stir Fried Beef
This is a simple stir fry. It is easy to vary the veggies or the meat based on your family’s preferences, but this is one of my family’s favorite. I’ve found the two things that make my stir fries turn out better are pre-heating the pan and only adding one ingredient at a time so […]
Easter Eggs with Natural Dye
Every year at Easter the children and I enjoy dyeing Easter eggs with natural dyes. We started doing this years ago, when my oldest was enrolled in a Waldorf enrichment program. When they told us to use natural materials to dye the eggs I thought it was kind of silly, after all food coloring is […]
