Friends, today my eyes don't seem to want to cease producing tears. Fortunately before I knew what the day held, I did not put on makeup. So I shouldn't scare the small kids at elementary school pickup with mascara down my face. It's an "eat all the chips and salsa" kind of day. One where… Continue reading (Straw)berry Jam
Category: dessert
Chocolate Chip Strawberry Shortcake
It's strawberry season!! Don't even think about letting June pass without fresh strawberry shortcake. I may have called the farm I like to pick fruit from incessantly until their message said the fields were ripe and they were open for picking. My kids used to love going to eat pick fruit with me, but now… Continue reading Chocolate Chip Strawberry Shortcake
Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies
Sometimes I get a strong craving for a sugar cookie. A crunchy-around-the-edges, chewy-on-the-inside sugar cookie. While a plain sugar cookie can suffice, this coconut lime one will always fulfill my craving. As soon as the sun starts to warm, this cookie recipe comes out of hibernation. In case you missed it, last week was Teacher… Continue reading Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies
Key Lime Pie
Happy Pi Day! You would think that as a former 8th grade math teacher, Pi Day would be a thing for me. But I didn't hear of March 14 being Pi Day until I started working with college students. Our first year at Maryland, our dear friend, Meg, introduced us to the Pi Day phenomenon.… Continue reading Key Lime Pie
Royal Icing
Has anyone besides me fallen for beautifully frosted cookies? Maybe purchased one of the cookie cutter sets from Williams Sonoma with your child's favorite princesses or Star Wars characters or super heroes because they would be so fun to make? And they would make your kids so happy? Here's my experience with it. Please do… Continue reading Royal Icing