We decided to have some fun with cooking dinner, so we made homemade pizza! Neither of us have done it since we were kids. We kept it simple: sauce, tons of cheese, pork sausage, and pepperoni. Another successful step in eating at home more and eating out less…
Ryan’s Dad and Kenda came for a short visit this past Wednesday. They were only able to stay for one night, but we were very glad they came! They had spent several days visiting Kenda’s family in Missouri and stopped by our house before they went back to the Kansas City airport. We were able [...]
Ever made Amish Friendship Bread? Sharon O’Neal gave me a starter last week. It takes 10 days and each day you either mush the bag or add something to the batter. I was all ready to mush the bag when I got home from work, but saw that I was too late! (If you’re the [...]
Between the two of us, Ryan is the one that experiments with food. He’s always saying “what if we combine this and this”, or “what happens if we make this and substitute this”. The thought of not following a recipe makes me nervous, but his concoctions have never disappointed me. My favorite so far is [...]
Tonight, Samantha and I went to Bradley Fair (upscale shopping center) for our near-monthly splurge at Marble Slab Creamery and to sit and enjoy the nice weather by a cute little pond. We always love to go and feed the ducks with some leftover stale bread or something, but when we arrived there tonight, we [...]
Sam’s comment a couple days ago about “Good Eats” reminded me of a picture and a story that I would have posted on our blog a long time ago had we had a blog then. Back in April, I read an article on wichitaeagle.com (our local newspaper’s site) about Alton Brown of Food Network fame [...]
Grandpa Jim and Grandma Ruby, you will be impressed – Ryan and I have eaten at home every night this week! Normally we’ll just hop in the car and drive 0.3 miles to Taco Bell, but ever since Japan we’ve looked differently at both food and driving. In Japan we had to walk to get [...]