I have two big passions in life: early childhood education and cooking. This year, as I came back to the preschool world, I decided to join both interests. I made it a personal goal to teach our class of toddlers about healthy food habits. I am using three main techniques (or activities): an inviting pretend… Continue reading The Toddler Cooking Project: Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins
I have never baked a jack-o-lantern pumpkin before last week. I took a moment wondering why and quickly remembered that the inside usually gets yucky after spending an evening or two, carved and stuffed with a candle burning inside of it all evening. So the sad fact that I didn't get to carve my pumpkin… Continue reading It’s the Great Pumpkin!
I know the day is almost over but I still wanted to take a moment to wish you all a fantastic Halloween! I hope you all had a spook-tacular time! 😉 Here are a few highlights of my day... Our kitty's favorite thing about Halloween: the decorations to play with! This actually happened a few… Continue reading Happy Halloween!
A few months ago, I realized that I had never made a pumpkin pie. I love pie. And I love pumpkins. But I had never tried to bake this American classic. When I was growing up, I knew nothing about pumpkin pie but as soon as I moved to Virginia and experienced my first Thanksgiving,… Continue reading Pumpkin Pie on the Countryside
The Hungry Quebbie 