Saturday, November 07, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
chocolate banana bread
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sucanat
2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups lowfat buttermilk ( I used half milk and half fat free yogurt)
3 mashed bananas
2/3 cup olive oil ( it called for canola, but I don't ever buy it)
4 tsp vanilla
Preheat to 350 degrees and butter 2 pans or 24 muffin tins.
whisk dry ingredients, whisk wet ingredients, fold, pour, bake.
Bake large loaf pans one hour until toothpick comes out clean.
18-22 minutes for muffins.
Drizzle with melted bittersweet chocolate.
Children will swoon.
1 cup sucanat
2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups lowfat buttermilk ( I used half milk and half fat free yogurt)
3 mashed bananas
2/3 cup olive oil ( it called for canola, but I don't ever buy it)
4 tsp vanilla
Preheat to 350 degrees and butter 2 pans or 24 muffin tins.
whisk dry ingredients, whisk wet ingredients, fold, pour, bake.
Bake large loaf pans one hour until toothpick comes out clean.
18-22 minutes for muffins.
Drizzle with melted bittersweet chocolate.
Children will swoon.
earth baby and her cat
We had a fun busy Halloween, and then all three children had fevers for several days. I wish I knew if it were H1n1 or not so that I could stop worrying about them. They were remarkably cheerful and active today, and we were baking and painting and playing.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
zoo man
We joined Ella's class for a trip to the zoo today. It was perfect to be on top of the mountain. We touched a screech owl and learned the word "crepuscular". Does it get much better? The drive was beautiful, the fog nestling down in the hollows of the mountains and the orange, red, and brown leaves on the hillsides. There won't be many more days for wearing shorts.
Tonight the kids and I carved two pumpkins. Ella picked out every seed and we roasted them with a bit of olive oil and salt.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
nutcracker
I just made my first holiday purchases for the sweet potatoes. Remembering the stockings when I was little, I got John and Ella nutcrackers. They will have nuts and oranges in their socks this year. I found slates and slate pencils for both of them, twig colored pencils and Stockmar watercolors.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
yellow room quilt
I helped fifteen seven and eight year olds make a quilt for the school auction. For their next project I want to help them make individual panels with a family tree design.
Friday, October 23, 2009
doll with knitting bag
I finished this doll for the school auction in the middle of the night last night, and now I'm putting together the yellow room quilt.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
i will not nap today
i will not nap today, originally uploaded by ellajohn.
Sweet, sweet Ruby tried my very soul today. My mother is visiting, and I asked her to come so that I could get lots of housework done. The whole house needs cleaning. Things are piling up, wearing out, breaking off, and drifting in dust. Ella's birthday marks the beginning of the spinning towards Christmas, and I want to restore some sense of order. John is probably laughing. I know. What order? I want to get all the seashells in the seashell basket. I did get the mold off the bathroom ceiling tonight.
Ruby would not nap unless I held her. Zip. Zero. There was much weeping. She slept three minutes at midday and I held her for fifteen minutes while I was trying to make dinner. She ate heartily, had her bath, and then sobbed her head off when I put her to bed. She tried her best to dive headfirst off of my bed but finally gave in to sweet, sweet sleep.
the great pumpkin
Our whole family joined the whole school for a trip to the pumpkin patch on friday.
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