I have had this sugar-free cheesecake recipe in my files for years. It’s rich and creamy and most importantly, it is low in carbs. This doesn’t matter most of the time but I have a good friend who is diabetic. Today is her birthday and I wanted to surprise her. When I discovered she loves […]
I had been looking for a way to satisfy my baking craving when I read a request in the church bulletin for volunteers to provide snacks and treats for the RCIA meetings. When I looked in the pantry for inspiration and found ingredients for s’mores, I remembered this recipe. It was perfect! I used the […]
After moving to Indiana, I learned that chicken and dumplings is a dish with regional variations. I don’t recall eating it very often growing up but I had ideas about what Chicken and Dumplings was. For me, it was a chicken stew base with clumps of biscuit dough cooked on top. Our first meeting of […]
What is beneath this lid is proof that Walker is well on his way to a life of good eats. He and Bill prepared the Beaver Patrol Saturday Breakfast. If you are in the market for a good Dutch oven/Scout cookbook, this may be it. Today’s breakfast was prepared in the Dutch oven lined with […]
Four batches later, we had enough to just meet the requisite number of lemon bars. The poinsettia plates set them off nicely. When they were all packaged up, we delivered them to the office for the swap. Mason and Walker sampled all the dishes from the carry in lunch they had and then the cookie […]
As we experience the seasons at Bill’s new office, we are learning about their traditional celebrations. Christmas brings about the annual cookie exchange. Bill signed up thinking he would bring Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels. Mason was quite excited about the exchange and he also had a cookie in mind. He wanted to make Nerdy Nummies’ Zelda […]
But he is not mad. Last month, Walker went to a Merit Badge University. This is a workshop setting where certified counselors teach and guide the scouts about certain topics to earn merit badges. They are usually fairly intensive and for many badges, it is possible to satisfy all the requirements to earn the badge. […]
Tonight Bill and Walker worked their second shift at the tree lot. Unfortunately, it was again cold and raining. At home, Mason made me a special dinner. His creation was made to resemble an Advent wreath and he put a lot of care into it. The center is homemade granola and nuts which I ate […]
The theme of tonight’s Bear meeting was cooking. Originally, the leader wanted to meet at the church kitchen but it was booked so instead everyone came to our house. There were three adults to supervise. First they made pizza. They took buttermilk rolls and pressed them out to make the crust. They added sauce and […]
I was honored to be invited to attend the Mother’s Day Banquet hosted by the Boy Scouts. Walker helped prepare and served me my meal. It’s still so novel to see him in the brown uniform. After dinner, each scout said a message to his mother publicly. I was touched by Walker’s message to me: […]