Posts by puffingirl

For DD's 1st birthday, I made a banana bundt cake.  We topped it with a little whipped cream and it was great.

Was thinking of this thread yesterday when 4 y.o. DD had one of her worst bouts yet.  The sobbing went on for at least a half hour and seemed to just come out of nowhere.  We were having a lovely time stringing beads,...

Fried rice is a great, really cheap meal.  I usually make it out of leftovers and odds and ends.  Whatever veggie bits you have (onion, carrot, celery, peppers, peas, etc) pretty much all work.  Often times I'll make a...

Honestly, I think it's more for me than for her.  I send her to her room when I'm feeling really ticked off about something she's done and losing my grip on my patience.  I just need a few minutes to cool off so I don't...

When we went GF we did a lot of dinners that were meat, rice or potato and 1 or 2 veggies because I already knew how to make all that.  Getting more vegetarian options in was a challenge in the beginning so I got The Gluten-Free...

Cucumber soup!  A nice cool soup with mint--it will use up a few of them at least.  :-)

My DD just turned 4 and just got glasses.  She probably should have gotten them sooner, but we didn't know.  We noticed that one of her eyes would get a little wiggly when she was looking down so we mentioned it to her Dr,...

I'm in the DC area--welcome!  If you are looking for group stuff, check out the Insight Meditation Community of Washington.  Their weekly flagship meeting is in MD, but really close to NOVA.  Feel free to message me if...

In the summer we go to the farmers' market on the weekend and the favorite weekend dinner from that is: Grilled buffalo steak Local corn on the cob Salad made with all local ingredients   Simple but summer perfection on...

I use it to coat the pan when we make pancakes or waffles.  And it's in our fave teff oatmeal raisin muffin.  I've also used it as the fat for baked oatmeal. YUM!