Fine Arts

Lincoln's interpretation of Fra Angelico's work with gold leafing.

Introducing......

We welcomed Kendall Eden into our family through the miracle of adoption on her birthday, 1/18/13 at 9:23 p.m.  5 lbs. 10 oz. 18 in.

A miraculous story that only God could have weaved together.

Almond Cookies

I borrowed Detoxinista's recipe for this little goodie and you can find it here.   Don't let my picture fool you (hers was much more appetizing), these little gems are delish.

I made my own almond flour by throwing 2 cups of raw, organic (and not radiated - thanks Green Smoothie Girl!) into the BlendTec and followed the rest of the recipe as is.  When I make them again, I think I will do a cream cheese frosting.  Just sayin'.

Enjoy!

Victory Garden

We are talking about Victory Gardens, circa WWI, and ran across this advertisement today. 

Happy Birthday to Me

The kiddos had a birthday surprise for me this afternoon and juiced carrots, celery, parsley and raspberries.  Even better, the juicer was washed, dried and put away.
#lovelanguage
#mykidsrock

The Littles Kitchen

To read Madeline's latest article in Edible Columbus, click here.

Merry Christmas....and a new salad dressing

What else would our family do on the afternoon of Christmas?  Of course we formulated a new salad dressing for our dinner tonight.  My girls love to add sesame and poppy seeds to our salad dressings....not really sure how that started.

At any rate, this is a simple one but I decided to jot it down (since I am terrible at that!) for future reference.

Christmas salad dressing:

1 c. good olive oil
1/2 c. raw apple cider vinegar
1/2 c. raw honey (usually I would probably go 1/4 c. but, its Christmas!)
nice hearty sprinkle of poppy seeds (2T?)
little less hearty of sesame seeds (1T)
dash paprika
2 dashes of worcestershire
real salt and pepper

Combine and shake.

Do you see the topper on my mason jar?  Jealous? ;) 
See recapmasonjars.com and Merry Christmas to you!