Yes, yes. Definitely the 97th of March. Only 198 days in April, followed by at least 3 weeks of May. Then we should be caught up with the new shelter in place order for much of the San Francisco Bay area – until May 3. Why do they send this stuff out in the middle … Continue reading
Got some random leftovers? Put them on mini pizzas! This is a quick pizza dough, as far as pizza dough goes. It is the same dough as Crazy Bread Cheater dough. In about an hour, you’ve got pizza in the oven! Ingredients: 1 cup water, 110 degrees 3 teaspoons sugar 2 ½ teaspoons yeast 2 … Continue reading
Did you know if you’re always home doing laundry, you only need to own 3-4 outfits? Pajamas, whatever. Home-school fifth grade is coming along, and school will remain closed until May 1. The school so far has only provided a math and reading packet, which we will complete in no time. I’ve also added spelling … Continue reading
Oh no, she’s waffling again! HAHAHAHA! Waffling is a fun use of any shelter-in-place type activity. For instance -who could forget CPM’s great Waffle Bowl 2016 during Super Bowl 50, when we brought you crazy waffles like the French Bread With Goat Cheese and Chocolate Waffle or the 7-layer Dip Waffle Dilla Waffling can be … Continue reading
Don’t throw out those sad bananas – make muffins. This is the muffin version of Shirley’s Banana Bread. For the batter: 1 ¾ cups flour 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter or shortening 2/3 cup sugar ¾ teaspoon lemon zest (optional) 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional) 2 eggs ½ cup … Continue reading
As much as we would like to keep this as a daily blog, we’ve found that we really only have every other day worth of material. Because lockdown is boring. Every other day is a bit of a stretch at this point, but we will keep at it. Welcome to day 13! We’d like to … Continue reading
We skipped day 10. Sorry! Welcome to Day 11! We were hoping you could do some really important things for yourself today: Don’t watch the news. Stay off social media, it’s full of news (After you’re done reading this, of course) Shelter-in-place except for absolute necessities. Find things to keep you busy. Maybe it’s a … Continue reading
When life hand you lemons you make lemon curd. With that lemon curd you make this cake! I call this the supermarket ponzi scheme because every once in a while a recipe book will call to you at the check stand. Like this one – The Poke Cake Cookbook. Seems innocent, right? $40s in boxed … Continue reading
Do you know people who are sick? We do. An older family friend is ill. A relative in their 20’s. Neither of them knows what kind of illness they have. They just know to self-isolate and “come back in two weeks if you have the same symptoms”. Are you following instructions, or being a Coviditot? … Continue reading
Did you get enough toilet paper yet? Or maybe you’re the one who bought up all the Spam. Or the beans you don’t know how to cook. We have a recipe for that, by the way. Check it out here. Don’t wait in line at Costco or Safeway to collect food you’re never going to … Continue reading
