Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Being a redhead with light skin and freckles, this is my favorite holiday. :) This bread is a cross between a scone and a round loaf. I like it because it is sweet, thanks to the orange zest and currents, and fun to pull off the…
I love a good biscuit. Flaky, warm, and soft. Eat it with jam or butter or a good white gravy. Doesn’t matter, I love it any way. I made these biscuits to serve a dual purpose. One, obviously, was to eat it with dinner. But two, I needed to have…
I have a problem. Maybe you have this problem too. It goes a little something like this: buy too many unripe bananas at the store; take home and set in a fruit bowl to ripen; all ripen at the same time; bananas coming out my ears; get tired of eating bananas;…
There are so many things I love about being a teacher, but one thing I really dislike about teaching is the fact that I am always getting sick. It doesn’t seem to matter what it is that’s going around–I usually get something at some point. When I first started teaching, many…
How is this holiday season treating you? I hope amidst the stress this season can bring, you’ve found time to gather with family and friends and be reminded what this season is really about. In an effort to try to help bring calm to this time of year, I’ve created…
I am honored to be doing a guest post for Frosting for the Cause. Frosting for the Cause is an amazing blog dedicated to raising awareness about those affected by cancer and their families. So, if you’d like to read how cancer has affected my family, or if these cinnamon rolls are calling your name,…
I know I’ve said this before, but I just love fall. The vibrant changing of colors, the crisp morning air, the smell of warm apple cider. The change of seasons is beautiful. The other morning I decided to make pumpkin waffles, partly because I had some leftover pumpkins (from making the pumpkin milkshakes),…
I am overly ambitious every time I go to the grocery store. When I see all the yummy fruit, I buy way more than Eric and I could possibly eat. I justify this by telling myself I’m going to eat all of my daily serving of fruit. Unfortunately, this rarely happens. …
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