Posted on May 15th, 2013 by mountain girl | 12 Comments »
Ever since we moved west to the mountains, I’ve struggled with my hair. It used to be bouncy and curly, but here it’s either flat, dry, and static, or, with conditioner, it’s flat, greasy, and heavy. I think it’s due to a combination of the dry air and the type of very hard water we have. […]
Posted on May 9th, 2013 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
I’ve posted my recipe for coconut cream concentrate here before, but homemade coconut milk is more versatile and even easier to make. In fact, this is such a simple recipe that it really isn’t a recipe–just kind of a method. I use homemade coconut milk every day, in all kinds of things–smoothies, desserts, mashed potatoes–anything […]
Posted on April 9th, 2013 by mountain girl | 6 Comments »
Well, the snow is here–but so are the doughnuts. We found this cute little donut maker half-price at Target this weekend. It was just in time to warm up the kitchen…and procure some very big smiles. Cash had his own plans for those doughnuts, but he ended up with a spoonful of mashed banana instead, poor […]
Posted on February 12th, 2013 by mountain girl | 5 Comments »
Over the weekend I got out out my needles and cast on for the first time post-baby. Cash was long overdue for a new hat–lately it’s been a tight squeeze to fit him into the little brown one I knit for him when I first found out I was pregnant. I’ve had my eye on […]
Posted on January 30th, 2013 by mountain girl | 8 Comments »
Caleb had an assignment for science class to make a 3-D model of a cell. He chose a plant cell, and we all thought a cake would be an interesting (and yummy) rendition. We found a recipe for a dense yellow cake and a basic vanilla frosting. We cut a third off the finished 9″x13″ cake and set it […]