Ham ‘n’ Egg Cupcakes

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This post is by Mrs. Brown, aka Patti, who is also Abbie’s mama (one of my favorite jobs!) This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click a link and buy something, we might get a little bit, at no cost to you. Thank you! It probably goes without saying that Abbie and I love to cook. Even on days when we are all in a hurry, a good hour gets spent in the kitchen, making food and cleaning up. We mostly eat at home and we like to eat well. We both love to concoct our own […] Read more »

Coloring Eggs With Natural Dyes – Brown Eggs vs White Eggs {an experiment}

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We love family traditions. Everyone looks forward to our traditional Easter breakfast! Each year we serve homemade Crumb Cake (Grandma Brown’s recipe) and colored hard-boiled eggs. Some years we keep it simple and just buy food dye from the store to color our eggs. The table is lined with little cardboard boxes with holes, and cups with bright vinegary liquid. But other years we make the dyes ourselves. This year we decided to make our own dyes again. We thought we’d try a little experiment while we were at it, and dye both brown and white eggs.  Some people dye […] Read more »

Good Friday – A Day to Reflect

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Today is Good Friday for Western Christians (non-Orthodox). It’s a day in our house when we read the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and death.* On this day we stop reading when the tomb is still full. And we ponder what it would have been like to be there, to have not known what was coming. On this day we each choose a spiritual discipline to help us focus. We don’t lay down rules about it. We keep it personal, meaningful. We will not be posting any new projects today, but we did want to share these with you. Here are […] Read more »