Looking around on the web this summer I found this yummy banana bread recipe . I was thinking about feeding a friend who doesn’t eat sugar or white flour, so this version with whole wheat flour and honey worked well and was pretty tasty too. I’ve made it a couple times since then. It’s also […]
Entries from September 2003
Banana Bread Recipes?
September 3rd, 2003 · 2 Comments
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What’s for dinner?
September 3rd, 2003 · 2 Comments
While reading Anita Rowland’s LOL blog , I noticed that she and her nephew liked Kenneth Lo’s book Chinese Cooking on Next to Nothing . Sounds intriguing to me – I’d love to read a copy of the book and learn what is meant by “next to nothing”. Too bad it is out of print. […]
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Here’s to Ugly Vegetables!
September 3rd, 2003 · Comments Off on Here’s to Ugly Vegetables!
A quick entry here to applaud some children’s books we are enjoying as a family…. The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin has quickly become a favorite – thanks to Kirstin for her recommendation! The story of a mother and her child creating a garden and growing Chinese vegetables becomes a story of culture and community. […]
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Too many bug bites
September 2nd, 2003 · 2 Comments
Last night we were outside as a family: Ted mowed the lawn, I swept the sidewalk, Abigail ate a popsicle, Elisabeth sat in the stroller and Michaela sped down the driveway in her Flintstone-style plastic car. And, sight unseen, some bugs (one bug? one mighty mosquito?) enjoyed a tasty dinner, leaving bites on us all. […]
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The Probable Future
September 2nd, 2003 · Comments Off on The Probable Future
Another reason I won’t be up too late tonight – other than the fact that I am feeling pretty itchy from last night’s bug bites – is that I was up late last night reading The Probable Future . Once again a Seattle Times review caught my eye. The author, Alice Hoffman, mixed together quite […]
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