Cast Iron Skillet Quick Cinnamon Rolls

 l love weekend breakfasts! For the past several years I  have had most Friday and Saturday mornings off of work making Friday mornings  a special Momma and kids breakfast time and Saturday mornings a special time with Papa. Most of the time a Papa breakfast consists of bacon and something else, a rare but favorite option for my family is Cinnamon Rolls. My family actually prefers a quick bread Cinnamon Roll recipe to a yeasted one I used to make, which suits me just fine, I don't want to mess with rising dough while my little ones are waiting to eat. While it does take a little extra work to roll out the dough, it is a special breakfast and therefore worth the extra effort.

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Valentine Jars

For Valentine’s Day my children’s preschool has everyone decorate boxes for receiving the little Valentine cards. They give out little awards for most creative, best use of hearts, best done by yourself, and whatever other categories they may have. We just returned from our church youth ski trip and we were all tired, just plain beat, but I knew we still needed to throw together a couple of boxes (never mind winning awards). I looked around the house for little boxes to decorate but couldn’t find any and I really didn’t want to

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Hawaiian Coleslaw

Last Saturday our church youth group had a Hawaiian Luau fundraiser dinner. The teens had a lot of fun decorating the gym with blow up palm trees, grass skirts, flowers and seashells (all leftover from various vacation bible school themes). While the adolescents were working hard on decorating myself and a team of parents were working away in the kitchen. The menu that we came up with had lots of real food recipes, or nearly real food recipes. We served coconut rice, chicken adobo, sweet potatoes with real butter, Hawaiian baked beans (they had spam in them, one of Hawaii’s staples, but obviously not something I would consider a whole food),  sweet and sour pork and Hawaiian coleslaw. Click to Read More...

Egg Drop Soup with Leeks

Egg drop soup is a comfort food in our house. When one of us is battling a cold or recovering from a flu we prepare it very simply; stock, salt and egg. If we just want a quick and light lunch we may add green onions or seaweed with some fish sauce or naturally brewed soy sauce. It is so simple that my husband will make it, something I greatly appreciated during a long labor with my first child or when morning sickness would hit me so hard I felt like I couldn’t move. Click to Read More...

Cheating on GAPS Intro

I have been enjoying GAPS intro (if you'd like to know why I'm doing it in the first place click here). The food has been good, the work hasn’t been too much more, I haven’t been unusually tired or had any other detox symptoms.   I was doing okay until the weekend hit. Saturday we had a party at our house; I made all of the food full GAPS legal and ate freely of anything I wanted. I felt a little tired and uncomfortable at the end of the day but nothing too horrible. Then Sunday came, the most difficult day of the week food wise.

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