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February! Welcome to the month of manufactured love, pink and red everythings, and general warm fuzzies. While I am decidedly cynical about the commercialization of Valentine’s Day, I am also decidedly in love with love and have already been to the dollar store to stock up on Valentine’s gear to surprise the kids. Speaking of […]
About Anna
I believe in God, the power of optimism, and the ability of food to bring people together. I love to share everyday homemade food with family and friends (and the internetz)! I love cheese, proper grammar, an organized house, dark chocolate, my husband, and my 5 sweet kids.
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Lentil Oat Berry Muffins
Well, how many people resolved over the holidays that the time had come to really commit to their goals to eat healthier, sleep more, exercise better, and all those other equally noble, important things? Yeah, me too. Then I got hooked on Suits the very first week of the new year, and sleep and exercise went […]
Monday Moments: White Chairs
I’m developing a real thing for white chairs. We have two off-white armchairs in our kitchen, and now I’m painting the kitchen table’s chairs as well, and some might say I could not have picked a worse colour for a busy kitchen. But, to me, white chairs are a thing of beauty and inspiration. They […]
Cactus Club Flatbread Copycat Recipe
I finally bought myself a couple new cutting boards, and it’s life changing. My sister and I were discussing how many things we consider life changing the other day, and I must admit, for me, the number is not small. There are just so many little things that make life simpler, more relaxed, cleaner, quieter, […]
Monday Moments: Brotherly Love
There are few things better than listening to your kids playing together peacefully; it helps balance out all the times they are playing less than peacefully. These two have become best buds, after far too long of the little one beating up the big one. Having a few more clear words and a few days with […]
Monday Moments
Aaah, holidays. The days of leisurely cutting grapefruit for 4 children to enjoy for breakfast, the evenings of leisurely drives around town to soak in the never-gets-old magic of Christmas light displays. Today it’s back to real life, and I can’t say I’m super happy about it. So instead we’re looking back on why we […]
The Spring Clean that almost wasn’t {but then was, thanks to Finish Dishwasher Cleaner}
So it has recently come to my attention that dishwashers are a thing that need to be cleaned. For some reason I assumed all the cleaning it did of my dishes would automatically result in clean guts as well – washing is washing, is it not? Well, no, it seems it is not. I noticed […]
What We Eat Most
As 2015 draws to a close, I thought about doing another Top 10-type post as I have in years past. Then I thought, does anyone really want to know that chocolate éclairs and the best ever banana muffins are STILL the most popular recipes around here? Or do they want to know what recipes we eat every week, […]
Monday Moments: Holidays
It’s the first day of Christmas holidays, and I couldn’t be happier. I probably slept in till at least 7:15. We’re going to spend the day in our pajamas, eat munchies for dinner, open stockings, and generally having a grand, schedule-less time. Although, I took this picture of a pyjama picnic about a week ago, […]
Perfect Sugar Cookies
Just popping in with a quick post today in case you have yet to make and decorate sugar cookies this year, and still have plans to. This is something I only do at Christmas because rolling dough makes me crazy and I never have shortening, which my mom’s (obviously delicious) recipe calls for. This year, […]
