I’m browsing mommy webrings trying to decide if I should join any. For reasons I’d rather not get into lest I be accused of being too snooty, I decided not to join any, at least for now. However, through some of these webrings, I found a couple of gems that mommies (and daddies) ought to ... (more)
School lunch: fish fillet and buttered vegetables
Posted on February 6, 2006 · Leave a Comment
*Originally published in House on a hill on February 6, 2006 This was my kids school lunch last Friday. I would have posted it on Friday morning after the kids left for school but I was busy the whole day. My 12-year-old daughter, Alex, was having some classmates over in the afternoon to prepare for ... (more)
50th wedding anniversary
Posted on February 6, 2006 · 4 Comments
When my husband asked if we wanted to go to his parents’ house yesterday, I thought it was just for an unplanned visit. When he reminded me that it was his parents’ wedding anniversary–50th wedding anniversary, in fact, and his siblings were planning a surprise dinner party–it felt a little strange. Well, more than a ... (more)
No bake chocolate – almonds – cream cheese cookie squares
Posted on February 6, 2006 · 18 Comments
The crust, made with cocoa powder, sugar and egg, is cooked in a sauce pan, mixed with sliced almonds and graham cracker crumbs, pressed onto a shallow baking pan, cooled, then topped with the cream cheese frosting. In the original recipe, from Cooking Class Cookbook (Publications International Ltd., 1994), the chocolate is melted with some ... (more)
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