Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer

Check out my Inner Pioneer post over at feminist Mormon housewives on how to harden off plants you grew from seed.  If you don't harden...

I have been wanting to post about the new garden, but between the rain and other delays, there's not a lot going on yet.  We've gott...

While my husband took care of dinner, I decided to make a cake.  Inspired by the meyer lemon my friend gave me from her parents' lemon t...

I made this as a pre-wedding wedding present for my friend, and actually made two since mint chocolate cake sounded like something I needed ...

We didn't dye easter eggs at my house this year.  Our eggs are already multi-colored and my kids don't seem to mind not doing it.  I...

I made this cake for a fundraising auction.  I think it's my best one yet.  2 layers of chocolate cake, Raspberry Mousse filling, raspb...

The weather here as alternated between snowstorm, and warm spring.  Warm enough that I want to start planting.  I'm holding off a bit lo...

My kids don't have friend parties every year, so I feel like the years they get to have friends over, I need to make it memorable.  This...

When we were picking out faucets for our house, we found one that I really liked (Kyle wasn't such a fan, but it's grown on him) but...

In a mixing bowl, add 2lbs (about 8 cups, if you don't have a scale) of flour.  Half white flour, half whole-wheat. Add 1 TBSP of salt ...

For the last several years, I tried really hard to only buy farm-raised meat.  After watching a few too many documentaries highlighting to h...