
Let me just say spring does not get any better than this! I was so excited to be able to chaperone Jack’s class on a field trip to the strawberry patch last week. Freshly picked strawberries, one of my favorite things! I usually take the boys every year, but this year was proving difficult given their different school schedules. I didn’t manage to get out and do it during spring break which meant getting all three boys to pick together would be near impossible.
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Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookies
So if I put a vegetable in a cookie does it make it healthy?!? In this case, I must confess no. This is not a healthy cookie. It still contains a good amount of butter and sugar. AHH, but the sweet potato does add a smidge of nutrition, beta carotene, fiber, vitamins A and C. All right, it doesn’t add much of this to the cookie, but boy oh boy does it make a super yummy treat! Continue reading
Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup
Saturdays are a nice break after a long week. Things have been crazy lately so it was nice to have a lazy Saturday morning. Josh left us early to go dirt biking so I figured we deserved some pancakes for a weekend breakfast. Besides, my stash of pancakes in the freezer was gone, I needed more!
Grilled Cheese with White Asparagus

You might think I have lost my mind, but really I haven’t. Well at least not when it comes to this sandwich! You see, there is a story behind this sandwich. It goes back to when I was a college exchange student in Austria. Actually, it may even go back to when I was an exchange student my senior year of high school in Germany. Continue reading
Lemon Orzo Salad with Chick Peas and Feta
I love orzo. It is a super little pasta shaped like little grains of rice. It is rather versatile, but somehow I usually fix it the same way, simply with olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest and freshly grated parmesan. It was time to remedy that situation!



