13 Jun
I hesitate to fully endorse this recipe for strawberry rhubarb crisp with cardamom and nutmeg. While I thought it was fantastic, I brought home half of what I took to work, and Bryan passed it off as “too sour.”
Still, though, cardamom is such an interesting spice, and I really loved the tartness. If you make it, let me know what you think!
12 Jun
An ABC affiliate in Topeka caught live video of a tornado as it wound its way through Manhattan, Kansas, and onto the Kansas State University campus. It’s dark footage, but the large tornado is visible during many lightening strikes. The video, which captures the on-air meteorologists in complete disbelief, ends when debris from the tornado destroys the station’s skycam.
10 Jun
A few weeks ago, I posted about how difficult it is (for me, anyway) to bake a cheesecake without the top cracking. Well, finally, I had some success.
I made an cookies and cream cheesecake for Bryan’s birthday. I used a slightly different recipe: In addition to cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla, this one called for a quarter cup of sour cream and heavy cream. And peanut butter Oreos, which I did not need to know existed.
I think the real trick, though, was shutting off the oven after 40 minutes. Instead of taking the cheesecake out at that point, the recipe suggested leaving it inside (in the water bath) with the oven door ajar for another 30 minutes. Perfect!
8 Jun
Despite dinner outside just an hour ago, we didn’t see this one coming!
This storm brought 60 mph winds and pea-sized hail.
8 Jun
Ava samples the first snowcone of the season…
And Olivia enjoys fresh apricots.
Okay, maybe “enjoys” isn’t the right word.
8 Jun
I commented to Tom that he looked pretty good with a baby, and he admitted to never having held one before.
Newly-married Eugene with his signature pose. I wonder if this showed up in his wedding photos?
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