by Mary Carver | Oct 17, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
A couple weeks ago it was my turn to take snacks to small group, and Mark requested Jalapeno Popper Dip. He asked so nicely I couldn’t very well tell him no – but I did ask him to go to the store to get the ingredients. He brought everything home...
by Mary Carver | Oct 10, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Well, I can’t very well publish an entire series about lemonade without posting an actual lemonade recipe, can I? As it turns out there are a LOT of ways to make lemonade. Prior to this week, my preferred method was to buy a can of powdered mix and add water....
by Mary Carver | Oct 3, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Even though this series is about finding the bright spot in all kinds of circumstances, I can’t resist taking the lemon and lemonade parts literally. At least a few times this month. And by “few times” I mean once a week. Yes, that’s right....
by Mary Carver | Aug 21, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Picnic. Barbecue. Cookout. Grill out. Hamburger fry. Potluck at the park. What do you call an outdoor gathering with food? I usually go with barbecue, although since I live in the (FINE. one of the?) BBQ capital, that can be a tad confusing. Anyway. Three of my...
by Mary Carver | Aug 12, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, Home Life, parenting, recipes & food
We have a snack problem at our house. Namely, we like them too much. And by “we,” I mostly mean my six-year-old, but she learned it from me. [Cue the commercial flashback now: “I learned it from watching you, okay?!”] Given the choice between...