Posts from — January 2009

Pancakes are a breakfast staple at our house, especially on the weekends, when we have time to whip some up and and sit down together to enjoy them. Mixes for pancakes are sometimes considered a “big time saver” or a “short-cut”, but making pancakes from scratch hardly requires much more effort. When you mix up your own batter, you can avoid unnecessary ingredients (high fructose corn syrup), limit others (sugar) and add some secret ingredients that will surreptisiously (see below) boost the nutritional value of your pancakes without frightening off children or picky eaters. Over the years, we’ve developed a few strategies to make healthier, meal-worthy pancakes that are more filling and nutritious than the fluffy, white side-dish pancakes of old.
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How wonderful that someone I love reads our blog! How clever of her to pay attention to the little details that occupy my mind! How kind of her to send a birthday box with the following enclosed:

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Today I came across an article from the New York Times entitled “The Eleven Best Foods You Aren’t Eating.” I love articles like this– the direct, precise advice about the important things you are somehow overlooking in your daily busyness– and apparently so do a lot of people because this article recently appeared on their list of most-viewed stories for 2008. [Read more →]

There, that’s better!
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I have my eye on two pieces of cast iron cookware. Their presence in my kitchen would make my life more complete, I’m sure, but Jim and I are attempting to evaluate the intake of stuff in our lives, with an eye toward the future. That is certainly a challenge for us modern Americans, with our roomy houses, stockpiled stores, and shopping habits. We are trying to imagine living in a smaller space (it might happen sometime) and having only the essentials (which means defining what “the essentials” are).

Meanwhile, a girl can dream. [Read more →]