Buckwheat sourdough bread

Buckwheat sourdough bread

Sourdough seems to be very trendy lately, and while I’m not usually one to hop aboard a fad train, I do actually enjoy sourdough bread. My good friend, who has celiac disease, started making her own gluten free sourdough and has even graciously baked me 

Noodles with meat sauce

Noodles with meat sauce

Another staple in my house: noodles with meat sauce. I used to make meatballs with pasta for my kids, but I found myself just chopping up the meatballs into tiny, bite-sized pieces for their tiny little mouths anyway, so to save myself the hassle, noodles 

A new take on Mom-mom’s pumpkin pie

A new take on Mom-mom’s pumpkin pie

My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie. Her scratch-made pie dough is the perfect flaky crust for her creamy, sweet, and wintery spiced custard. And she bakes her famous pie in a well-seasoned, weathered, almost cracked ceramic pie dish that actually has a pumpkin pie 

Almond ricotta lasagna

Almond ricotta lasagna

Baked pasta dishes are some of those classic comfort foods I grew up with. Mom-mom’s lasagna and Grandpa’s baked ziti were holiday staples. Cheesy, ooey, goodness! In fact, lasagna is a Christmas Eve tradition in our family. Mom-mom always makes three or four trays of 

The fourth trimester: postpartum life

The fourth trimester: postpartum life

“The most difficult part of birth is the first year afterwards. It is the year of travail – when the soul of a woman must birth the mother inside her. The emotional labour pains of becoming a mother are far greater than the physical pangs 

A birth story: welcome to the world Eli!

A birth story: welcome to the world Eli!

Elijah Philip Kaewsowatana graced us with his grand entrance into the world two days before his estimated due date on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 7:46 am, measuring just over 18 inches and weighing in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces. We had long awaited 

Third trimester reflections

Third trimester reflections

Although I am almost 8 weeks postpartum, I finally have a minute to catch up on a few things, including my blog post about my third trimester….just to be consistent, since I updated you on my first and second trimesters. With that said, I will 

Second trimester wins and woes

Second trimester wins and woes

I am already into the third trimester! Time is flying by! Sometimes these nine months can seem like they are dragging on, but as I look back and realize where I am today, the past six months have really flown by. I can say that 

First trimester wins and woes

First trimester wins and woes

Prior to even becoming pregnant, I had this master plan for when that day came to eat nothing but the highest quality foods and feed my growing baby all these extra nutritious vitamins and supplements. I would be in-utero Supermom before becoming actual Supermom. I 

For this child we have prayed…

For this child we have prayed…

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 There are so many scripture verses I have clung to for comfort, hope, and perseverance over the past several years, but this proverb has been a resounding gong