I’ve been wanting to build a greenhouse with my 5th grade students for a couple of years. I knew it would be a chaotic process but I finally bit the bullet and did it this winter. I’ve made the plans and materials list public and the slides I made for the […]
Food
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My paternal grandmother was Danish. She died before I was born but growing up, I knew her sisters and brother–my great aunts and uncle. My great aunt Zeta made pickled beets. She always had a jar open and I would ask for them as soon as we got to her […]
I’ve been making bread for a while now and I’ve tried lots of recipes. Why bother? The U.S. allows a lot of additives in bread that are not good for people. Also, good bread is really expensive. Also, fresh-baked bread with some honey and butter on it is one of […]
For those who like things sweet + tart + smokey + spicy, this is my favorite cranberry sauce recipe (yes, it’s my favorite part of the meal): Grab a sauce pan Chop fine then sauté a shallot and some fresh ginger in the pan Throw in a bag of cranberries […]
This is my super simple, basic granola recipe. I don’t like to add any seeds or dried fruit (because they tend to cook faster than the oats) or nuts (because my spouse has an allergy). I generally sprinkle pumpkin seeds and raisins on top when I eat it but not […]
My son loves waffles but I don’t love how he acts when his blood sugar plummets an hour after eating them. So, I came up with this high protein, high fiber waffle recipe. We lovingly call them ‘hippie waffles’ because my wife was raised by hippies and grew up eating […]