Archive for February, 2012

Homemade Yogurt

I finally got up the nerve to make my own yogurt.  I don’t know why I waited so long.  It was so easy and so delicious.  I used the recipe from this site.  We opted to add gelatin to thicken the yogurt. The ingredients were cheap and you warm the milk in the crockpot. (I [...]

Stale Bread –> French Toast Casserole

I grew up a few blocks away from my grandma’s bakery.  Whenever we needed bread for anything, we got fresh, delicious french bread.  I no longer live where I grew up, but I still love fresh bakery bread.  When we don’t eat it fast enough, I make leftover bread into french toast casserole.  It’s cheap, [...]

Happy Birthday, Miss Petrie Deux!

Happy birthday, Miss PD!  You are two years old today.  You were born on a snowy day in a speeding van and you have the energy of someone born at 50mph!  By all miracles, you were born without complication and in perfect health.  The tenacity you showed me during your birth is apparent in your [...]