Chelsea

Dairy Free Buttermilk

I love baking. I try to keep it as dairy-free as possible for the lactose intolerant people in my life (including me to a small degree). Milk is the number 1 pain-inducer for me, so we made the switch to soy milk years back. Eventually we found our way to almond milk, which in myContinue reading “Dairy Free Buttermilk”

Marbled Picture Frames

Talk about a fun, easy, and cheap project! This occupied my evening last night until far too late. It was one of those evenings – out with friends and home with every intention on going to bed, but alas, art got in my head instead. Once I am set on a project, I have toContinue reading “Marbled Picture Frames”

Sweet Potato Corn Chowder

This soup is the perfect cure for the end of summer to beginning of fall blues. Kind of miss the pool with the lingering hot days, but loving the cool sweatshirt nights? Yeah, me too! I used some leftover corn on the cob to make this corn and sweet potato chowder – it’s something IContinue reading “Sweet Potato Corn Chowder”

NC Home Collage

North Carolina Home, collage & mixed media on paper, 9 x 12″, 2013. Do not reuse image without permission. Our Iowa home has something new and interesting to grace its spacious gallery-like walls – a collage. This collage makes use of old Greensboro maps, vellum, scraps of wall paint from the old house, andContinue reading “NC Home Collage”

Salmon Cakes w/ Lemon Yogurt Sauce

This right here is one of my favorite types of meals – roasted vegetables and fish, specifically salmon. I always start to crave this kind of meal when things start to turn towards autumn – even when I just think it is starting to turn. However, it’s still hovering in the 90s around here thisContinue reading “Salmon Cakes w/ Lemon Yogurt Sauce”

{Better Than} Best Pizza Crust Ever + Drawing App

Sometimes accidents are happy ones in the kitchen. I was trying to make dinner the other night and Greta was in the process of melting down – I simply waited too long to start dinner for her sake. I tried to make my favorite pizza crust, from memory. Usually this isn’t so hard, but whenContinue reading “{Better Than} Best Pizza Crust Ever + Drawing App”

Zucchini Cakes + Iowa City

Ok, so not cakes that are sweet, but nice little baked goods that are somewhere between a frittata and tater tot and oh so good. These babies were so good I made them two nights in a row at our house! I still have loads of zucchini to use up – so of course theContinue reading “Zucchini Cakes + Iowa City”

Sea-themed Half Bath Makeover

½ bath before makeover. Our ½ bath downstairs had a lot going for it and yet, a lot to be desired when we first moved in. The shutters, which covered every window all over the house, had to go. They made the tiny bathroom so much darker. ½ bath after makeover. The oldContinue reading “Sea-themed Half Bath Makeover”

Apricot Corn Muffins + Tomato & Sausage Cornbread

Cornbread and corn muffins have and always will be a staple around my household – they were when I was a kid and will continue to be into Greta’s childhood. I have two recipes that are easy and quick – one savory and one sweet, but both easy as pie to make for a snackContinue reading “Apricot Corn Muffins + Tomato & Sausage Cornbread”

Chocolate Zucchini Cake + Shrimp Boil

Getting an elementary art room ready has been consuming all my time here lately. Case in point, this post deals with events 2 weekends ago. We had a gathering at our house to celebrate family from afar, from from nearby, and a friend who will be moving back to her home afar. Cooking forContinue reading “Chocolate Zucchini Cake + Shrimp Boil”