by Susan | Oct 5, 2015 | Critters, Hannah's Cutting Board, Odds and Ends, Recipes
Walking with Gidget is an adventure. We live in the woods at the end of a dead-end road so we let Gidget freely walk with us. She meanders left and right, starting and stopping, her little legs working overtime to keep up with you. She chases the ducks wanting to...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2013 | Hannah's Cutting Board
This is vacation week and sadly, we’ve all been a bit under the weather. Hannah and Paul have “The Crud” for the second time around and I’ve finally succumbed. Needless to say we haven’t been doing a lot of fun vacationy kinds of things...
by Susan | Aug 24, 2012 | Hannah's Cutting Board, In the Kitchen
I made tacos for dinner tonight. Hannah opted out and did her own thing for dinner. I’m thinking Paul and I got the short end of the stick. Check out what Chef Roo (age 13) made for her dinner. I think tomorrow I’ll ask Hannah what’s for dinner....
by Susan | Jul 14, 2012 | Hannah's Cutting Board, In the Kitchen
Hannah has come up with a new use for swimming goggles. They are now an accessory for chopping onions. Tired of crying through the process, she came up with an excellent solution!
by Susan | Mar 30, 2012 | Hannah's Cutting Board, In the Kitchen
The other week when we cooked down our sap into Maple syrup, Hannah took advantage of the wood fire and made S’mores. All day long. The other day, we were down to the last graham crackers and marshmallows with no chocolate left in the house. (A truly sad thing,...
by Susan | Mar 5, 2012 | Hannah's Cutting Board, In the Kitchen
May your pancake smile upon you this morning. This is what you get when you let Hannah cook pancakes!
by Susan | Dec 18, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board, In the Kitchen
Hannah stumbled across a recipe I’d pulled out of a magazine for Pepperidge Farm’s Spinach-Cheese Swirls. Hannah being Hannah read the recipe through once and then did her own thing. Having recently discovered that Hannah loves spinach I’ve been...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board
For the weekend, anyway. My Hannah (12 years-old) has turned into quite the little chef. She’s taken to watching cooking shows rather than cartoons and is particularly taken with Food Network’s Chopped and The Next Iron Chef. Come weekend time she is in full cooking...
by Susan | Sep 29, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board
Hannah decided to run for student council at school. She said that all of the candidates bring some kind of treat in for the class, but she was concerned that this treat sharing constituted a bribe. I commended her on her viewpoint, but suggested that she play along...
by Susan | Sep 4, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board
Hannah cooked us a truly wonderful dinner last night. The menu consisted of a chicken / broccoli ziti dish with garlic (of course) roasted red peppers and cream. Yummy. Dessert was a chocolate mousse made from scratch with homemade whipped cream; very rich and quite...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board
Granny Gadget of the Ebelskiver fame struck again. She sent Hannah the cookbook “Crazy About Cupcakes” and a truckload of candy. Hannah made cupcakes for our Easter dessert and used the book as her inspiration for decorating. Nice job, Roo!
by Susan | Mar 5, 2011 | Hannah's Cutting Board
Granny Gadget struck again not long ago. The UPS man must think that I am a QVC-aholic as often as he delivers to us. Little does he know that it’s Granny Gadget in Pennsylvania (A.K.A. Mom) who is the QVC fan. Our latest gadget from QVC is an Ebelskiver cooker....
by Susan | May 9, 2010 | Hannah's Cutting Board
Today was Mother’s Day. Hannah’s gift to me was to cook breakfast and dinner – by herself. For breakfast she made wild blueberry pancakes for me. We’ve done this together many times. Her first solo run as a pancake chef was smooth sailing. What...
