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On Sunday, we laid The Hubster’s Mema to rest. Her church referred to it as “moving day.” It was the first time we took the 4 older children to a funeral, though this was the second of Saffi’s short life. I’m not big on the idea of children at funerals- they can be rather scary. [...]

Lollipop making

Friday was a dreary drippy gray day desperately in need of some cheer. Now, I could have scrubbed and scoured my blues away but why do something actually productive? No, I decided that taking care of a colicky baby and 4 other kids all day was just getting too easy and that productivity is for [...]

(Gluten free) chocolate sparkle cookies

(Modified to be gluten free from a martha recipe)

Ingredients

Makes about 100

* 1 1/4 cup rice flour
* 1/2 cup potato starch
* 1/4 cup tapioca starch
* 3/4 cup Dutch cocoa powder (I used special dark with delightful results)
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Gluten Free ( and Vegan) Bread

I use to bake bread on a regular basis. Lovely braided loaves, fat free form rounds, and long flattened ovals of nan regularly paraded from my hands, to oven, to mouth. Going gluten free brought a screeching halt to all of that.

Over the last 3 years I have dabbled in gluten free bread baking [...]

Peppermint NOM, I mean peppermint bark

On a piece of parchment paper, spread some semi sweet or dark chocolate chips. In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a pot of boiling water, melt white chocolate (I used Bakers, Ghiradielli would work too- Nestle will not). In a gallon sized ziplock back, smash candy canes and when the chocolate is [...]