Tag: apples


  • Serving Spice Cake on New Years has been a tradition for the past two years. Last year Grammy gave our son a Ratatouille game for the Leapster. He was never into baking or cooking with me like his younger siblings. However, the game ignited a temporary passion to explore his culinary talents. One day while…

  • One day this past spring, on the way back to the car after picking Mason up from school, he stopped to admire a great redwood tree standing in a neighboring yard. “Hey, that looks like the tree in the book my teacher read today!” I could tell Mason had a great day at school because…

  • Ok, so it is May and I am making pumpkin muffins. It seems sad to make that lonely can of pumpkin wait until October. Besides, there was a lovely sour apple in the basket with a slight blush on its cheek. Now, the gorgeous statuesque can of pumpkin and sweet delightful apple are happily-ever-after in…

  • One December several years ago I was making pancakes for the family and realized I did not have any syrup. The spices remind me of Christmas time. 2 small pears, peeled, cored and sliced 1 small apple, peeled, cored and sliced Dash Nutmeg 1 / 8 tsp Cinnamon 1/3 cup raisins Dash ground cloves 3…