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The weather reports have been wackily useless of late, so last weekend we headed out for our annual May trip to the zoo, with promises of sun with possibly sprinkles for a few minutes around noon. Soggy shoes turned out to be the least of our concerns that day. This is the first time Kristopher […]
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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Saturday Sweets: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
I feel like peanut butter and banana is a combination that is only acceptable to people who grew up eating it. Has anyone taken up eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches in adulthood? I’m still working on Carl – he makes disgusted faces every time he sees me eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich […]
Crispy Lemon Mustard Roasted Chicken
I am on a serious roll with new dinner recipes. *High fives all around!* I love coming up with new recipes, but when they don’t work I pretty quickly get grumpy and get back into a funk of sticking with old stand-bys, giving up on meal planning, and not bothering with risky experimentation. When […]
BBQ Pulled Pork Pasta
We were at Boston Pizza awhile back and Carl ordered some BBQ Bolognese Pulled Pork Pasta. I had a serious case of dinner envy (isn’t that the worst?), since it turned out to be way better than whatever I had ordered, and I kept sneaking bites while saying, “I could totally make this at home.” […]
Monday Moments
We have a bit of a dandelion problem, and Grandma and the grandkids certainly aren’t helping the situation. But nobody minds, and really, we have much bigger yard problems. Problems that require “man work”. Carl couldn’t have been more thrilled to discover our friends down the road had a little Bobcat sitting in their backyard […]
Fish Tacos with Avocado Mango Salsa
Kristopher is known around here for his loud voice. He is pretty uncomfortable and quiet in public groups, so few people know he is the king of dramatics, both of excitement and distress, and the only “quiet” volume he possesses is a loud whisper when I absolutely insist he stops yelling about WANTING JUICE. We’ve […]
Barbecued New Potato Skewers
Last week I bought a sports bra that literally cost more than any single item in my closet. Aside from the fact that this may indicate a need for purchasing higher quality clothes, it was Worth. Every. Penny. (With the phasing out of the penny in Canada, can I still say that? Or is is […]
Monday Moments
Today marks 7 years since I said “I do” to my highschool sweetheart. Look how young we were in the days before digital cameras were mainstream :) We don’t pay much attention to our anniversary in terms of fancy dates or getaways, as I mentioned last year when I last told y’all how great Carl […]
Vanilla Birthday Cake with the BEST Vanilla Frosting
The sweets around here this week have been all about the birthday girl – your birthday is the day when you get to choose the menu for everyone in our house, and Gemma couldn’t have been happier about the challenge. Breakfast was fruit and yogurt cereal, lunch was cheesy noodles, and dinner was homemade chicken […]
Mother’s Day Party Plan {Cookbook Review}
So this is something new to me – the triple slow cooker! When I received the book “Triple Slow Cooker Entertaining” for review, I thought triple slow cooker party planning just meant I was borrowing slow cookers from my mother-in-law and sister. I had no idea they actually made single slow cookers with three crockpots! […]
