On a recent snowy day, I decided to pull out the slow cooker. Actually, it was already out, having been used to keep a pot of chile warm for a teacher appreciation luncheon at my son’s school, which is what made me think of using it. Mine is a ceramic relic from the 1970s in […]
Kids
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
My son came home the other day and asked why I didn’t take him to get a flu shot. “We don’t get flu shots,” I answered. “We drink Good Belly instead.” Yes, I was being flippant, but still. While the vitamins and probiotics in Good Belly won’t kill any flu germs we might pick up, […]
Sweet and spicy roasted kabocha squash
After 9 years in her house, a crop of squash plants mysteriously appeared in my stepmother’s front yard this summer. My brother very kindly brought over 3 large ones to my house recently, and left me wondering what to do with them. A quick internet search found an interesting recipe for a sweet and spicy […]
Super Baby Food Makes Feeding Toddlers Easy
A question posed on my neighborhood list serve about feeding toddlers caught my eye. Hello moms, I am looking for a book that discusses eating, behavior, learning (everything) on raising a 12 m growing boy. This is the fourth time I had heard this question in as many weeks, so I thought that my reply […]
Easy Back-to-School Dinners
My kids are already back in school and it’s only August 22nd. Our short summer break (wasn’t it longer when we were kids?) was crammed full of camps, sports, pool, and travel, pushing the scale down on the side of mom-time and leaving sorrowfully few hours on the side of work-time for me. While I […]
