Month: September 2020

Now that it’s almost fall, it’s time for pumpkin flavored treats! I love pumpkin cake topped with creamy, velvety cream cheese frosting. This cake is full of the best spices, especially the extra helping of cloves I add. Ingredients for the cake: 2 cups gluten free flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon1 teaspoon cloves1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon…

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With autumn just around the corner, inspiration has struck for my Foodie Friday post series. Now that apples and pumpkins are in season once more, my mind races with fall flavors to treat my family’s taste buds. There’s something magical about the scent of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger permeating the air as cool, crisp breezes blow through the opened…

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While my job entails teaching students to use proper grammar and elevated diction for the academic setting, I understand that we may speak and write differently depending on our audience. What is considering unacceptable in the classroom may be appropriate and expected in other settings. For example, individuals living in Appalachia speak a distinct dialect of English that can be…

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Feeling wheezy and coughing is one thing. Running a low grade fever is a completely different issue altogether. My body regularly hovers around a solid 97.5 degrees thanks to a sluggish thyroid, so seeing my temperature in the 99-100 range sounded alarm bells. I called my doctor’s office to make an appointment to be tested. I sat in the car…

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After seeing a recipe for a peanut butter cream pie hit my inbox a few weeks back, I remembered I wanted to make a nutella pie based off the peanut butter pies I’ve seen. I also decided since this is an “icebox” dessert that using the cookie crumb layer from an ice cream cake would be an excellent pie crust…

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