Potato stamp Thank You cards for Veterans

November 9, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Making and sending thank you or other occasion cards to our veterans, service members and their families are a simple but meaning way to engage our children of all ages in showing respect and gratitude. This is the first year we have made cards to send and I wanted to keep it simple for my […]

Toddler Action Art! Painting with Toys

November 7, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Toddler Action Art! Painting with Toys and Making Cards

ngọt: gingery sweet beans dessert recipe / chè đậu gừng

November 6, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hopefully I did not lose you at beans for dessert. Stick with me on this.Bean desserts are common in Vietnamese cuisine (che đậu). Lots of variety and add-ins (pandan, coconut, tapioca pearls). They likely started with digestive benefit in mind, which for this recipe is hypothetically applied given the ginger (gừng). You should just eat […]

ngọt: sweet Vietnamese coffee jello recipe / thạch cà phê sữa đá

November 6, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

thạch cà phê sữa đá / sweet vietnamese coffee jello recipe Cà phê sữa đá is basically jet fuel with sweetened condensed milk. Big on flavor, caffeine and sweet. Decidedly Vietnamese for sure. Cảm ơn / thank you / to Amy at thatwinsomegirl.blogspot.com for posting her recipe. She had way prettier cubes than I did but the […]

ngọt: Vietnamese banana cake recipe / banh chuối nướng

November 6, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

This recipe is all about the banana and is more ‘bread pudding’ than cake. Ideally eat this treat while still warm with maybe some whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream but it is still good once cooled. No matter what though: cut yourself some crusty edge pieces right out of the oven, tell everyone you are trimming off the […]

Barney Google and the Applesauce Cake: Vintage Recipes from my Kitchen Today

October 16, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

This is a tale of two baked goods whipped up on different days but from the same awesome vintage cookbook, courtesy of Trinity Treasures (from Trinity Episcopal in Everett, WA a la 1965). I love love love cooking out of vintage recipe books, it is a something of a challenge, in part that recipes are written […]