Archive for the 'Recipes' Category

Adventures in Eating

Yazan: CanCan | 19 May 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Eating, Recipes, Uncategorized

I am slotted to provide snacks for a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. It has been a few weeks since I baked something and I wanted to try a new recipe.
I have a bunch of powdered carob and I want to use it up, so I went looking for carob recipes.
I found this brownie recipe and [...]

Mother Love

Yazan: CanCan | 30 April 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Coupon codes, Mom stuff, Recipes, Uncategorized

May is an exciting month for Mothers on the blogosphere!
MomMostTraveled.com is hosting a giveaway carnival that will begin on Monday, May 4.
There is still some time for you to prepare a sweet giveaway to draw traffic to your blog!
Go check out the Give It Away Now! carnival details, and get ready for a fun week [...]

Holiday Baking- Cinnamon Ornaments

Yazan: CanCan | 22 December 2008 | 5 Comments
Categories: Recipes

I am in the middle of holiday baking right now. I’m having a “gala” at my house on Christmas Eve, playing hostess to I think 20 guests.
I ran out of flour so I’m waiting for hubs to get back from the store. I need 12 more cups!
Have you ever made Cinnamon Spice Ornaments?
The ornaments [...]

Chocolate Lavender Bathtub Cookies Recipe

Yazan: CanCan | 12 December 2008 | 7 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Guest posts, Recipes

This is an easy and fun project that even young children can help to make. Someone on your Christmas list will appreciate receiving these indulgent bath treats!
Thanks to Heather Howell for this DIY Christmas how-to:

Chocolate Lavender Bathtub Cookies

2 oz. Cocoa Butter
2 oz. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup Oatmeal, Fine

1/4 [...]

Celebrating Fall

Yazan: CanCan | 02 November 2008 | 7 Comments
Categories: Eating, Pictures, Recipes

Jojo is 4 now, and he is such fun! He is old enough to eagerly anticipate fun events like birthdays and holidays. I like to come up with reasons to have little celebrations at home.
Mama was eager to debut her Thanksgiving/Harvest table decor, so I decided to celebrate the fall season.

These table linens are a [...]

Recipe: Sesame Spinach Salad (Korea)

Yazan: CanCan | 23 October 2008 | 11 Comments
Categories: Recipes

I love salty foods. I think my love of sodium is a big part of the reason I like to eat sushi.
I want to share with you an easy recipe that I love from Extending the Table: A World Community Cookbook. I use this cookbook often! It has recipes from many different countires; even Laos!
Just [...]

Culinary Delights of Laos

Yazan: CanCan | 17 October 2008 | 6 Comments
Categories: Eating, Laos, Recipes, Thailand, Travel with children

I just wanted to share two of the many foods that I enjoy in Laos.

In Laos there is a lot of buzz about a little dish called papaya salad.
When I first heard about “papaya salad”, I pictured a lovely syrupy sweet fruit salad, perhaps artfully carved complete with butterflied pineapple.
In reality, papaya salad, or (Tam [...]

Day of Domesticity

Yazan: CanCan | 08 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: CanCan, Recipes

I was so proud of myself today because I did something new. New and DOMESTIC. I found this really really easy recipe for making jelly and jam out of fruit juice. And I noticed that making jelly this way would be cheaper than buying pre-made jelly.Another good thing about the recipe is that it contains [...]

Sunday Baking: Vegan Pumpkin Muffins

Yazan: CanCan | 30 June 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: Mom stuff, Recipes

I love to bake; I feel so productive and when I do it. I think it sort of makes me feel like a good mom, too.
I haven’t been baking very often what with the packing and blogging and parenting, but today I made time. I found a recipe for Pumpkin Muffins that sounded dee-lish, and [...]

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