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Vegan Baked Goods

March 10, 2010

My passion or lack of passion for baking has expanded now that I have a Kitchen Aid stand mixer. This Christmas my step-mother gave me the mixer as a gift and I was very excited to get to use it. Unfortunately we moved out of our house temporarily to put it on the [...]

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Our Cow

March 9, 2010

This winter my husband and I decided to go in with a group of people to split a cow from a local farmer. I am not a huge red meat eater, but I wanted to find out what the experience was like and to stock our freezer a bit. We split all parts [...]

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New (OLD) Home

March 4, 2010
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Life has been hectic lately, hence my lack of posts. My husband and I just sold our home and are in the process of goingthrough home inspections and lots of coordination and paperwork. We were lucky in this dismal real estate market to get our full asking price (pending the home inspection, keep [...]

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A New Pantry Staple- Quinoa

February 25, 2010
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Recently someone suggested quinoa as a great source of iron, as I was looking to boost the iron in my son’s diet.  Since that suggestion I have been on such a quinoa kick!  Quinoa is a very nutritionally packed grain, that has such versatility.  My first attempt at cooking quinoa, I just followed the instructions [...]

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The Sippy Cup World

February 18, 2010
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It is funny to see how a toddler so badly wants to imitate mommy and daddy.  My son, loves to drink from a cup, he’s always asking for a sip of water from ours.  I love letting him have the satisfaction, but it can get messy, at which point the sippy cup is introduced.
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Valentine’s Day

February 18, 2010

This Valentines was not the usual chocolates and cards, which quite frankly are cute, but tend to get old. This year, we didn’t plan anything, not because we didn’t want to, but quite honestly our lives have been quite hectic lately and it didn’t cross our minds. I find that sometimes it’s the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday- Fishing

February 17, 2010
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A little late with Wordless Wednesday, but better late than never…

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Cooking Experiment Day

February 17, 2010
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I’ve had a lot of time on my hands to give some serious thought to experimenting with new food.  We are still temporarily living at the townhouse we own, with limited internet access and no tv or furniture.  Needless to say instead of spending hours on the computer, or couch I figured I might as [...]

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Baby Sign

February 16, 2010

I have been attracted to the idea of baby sign language since my son was about 6 months old. I love the idea of being able to communicate before he can talk. Here and there I have tried to teach him a few simple signs, with no success. I even downloaded the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday- Snow Storm…Again…and Again (snowpocalypse)!

February 10, 2010
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