Category Archives: Kitchen

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

Easter weekend, we took Liam and Liesl to see Derek’s Grandma Joetta at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Liam got lots of sweets in the Easter egg hunt, and Liesl was enamored with the Easter bunny!    Egg-stra Eggs! Happy belated Easter! As I type this, I am drooling over the smell of our carrot cake baking in...
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‘Farm to Table’ by Julie Van Manen

Happy spring, happy Easter! On this second day of spring, the snow is flying!  At least this time of year, it doesn’t last long, and any form of moisture is welcome. March has flown by, and we have enjoyed the warm weather long before spring arrived. The guys took advantage of the warmer weather and poured...
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‘Have a seat at my table’ by Cathryn Dunsbergen

A young couple climbed a concrete step, opened the squeaky screen door, and twisted a gold doorknob to enter what possibly could be their first home. After walking through the entryway and the spaces that followed, they could see the possibilities, the future, and how to make this house their home. Fast forward six years,...
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Dreaming of gardening goodness

By Megan Pothoven Can you believe the weather we have had so far this year? With the warm temperatures, it has caused me to start thinking about gardening. I did not think I would already be thinking about it, but it’s impossible when we can go for a walk so comfortably this early in the year. Something...
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‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

One-Pan Wonder I don’t really know how it’s possible, but our smallest family member creates (by far) the greatest amount of mess. Our precious sweetheart might only be 25% of our family, but in terms of dishes - and laundry - and baths, she clocks in at about 80% of the workload. She has only been...
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‘Farm to table’ by Julie Van Manen

  When I wrote this article, my view was the beautiful sunrise over the flat fields of northwest Iowa. Kevin and I were excited to be houseguests at the home of Ronald and Barbara Sennert for the weekend. Kennedy and Karter thought it was quite the thing that Grandma Julie and Grandpa Kevin were going to...
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‘Have a seat at my table’ by Cathryn Dunsbergen

  I am thankful that – so far – we are experiencing a tame February. I am not a winter gal and neither is Penelope, so we have been eagerly waiting for the sun to peep out from behind the clouds and melt the snow in our backyard. I also correlate winter with sickness; I know...
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