I have a good excuse (or so I like to think) for not posting a recipe yet.  My newest niece decided to make her arrival on Monday.  She is so sweet and beautiful.  I could go on and on and on about her, being the prejudiced auntie I am.  I confess I haven't spent enough time with her for this to be my main excuse, but I love to brag about her to anyone who listens.  I've always been terribly busy in other ways, but that is the only one worth telling you about.



You can't tell here how incredibly precious she is.  She was too curious to sleep when I met her right after she was born.  She kept looking at whoever was holding her, probably trying to figure out what on earth was happening.  Imagine if you woke up on Mars, with giant green men holding you and talking another language.  That is how I think babies must feel when they are born.  This picture was taken the day after, when she managed to sleep through my whole visit.  She likes to pucker her eyebrows, giving her such a cute grumpy face.  The position I am holding her in doesn't help, but I haven't seen her since to take a better picture.

ANYWAY, back to what this blog is supposed to be about. We haven't made much this week.  A friend of mine with gluten and dairy allergies had a birthday, and I was very happy I had an excuse to make some cake.  I only used a cake mix, but it was still yummy.  We made fish sticks again, too.  Those are so delicious.

Tonight Katie made a play on apple crisp using pears.  Find your favorite apple crisp recipe.  Make sure you use gluten-free oats and dairy-free butter.  Substitute the apple slices for pear slices.  We topped it with SO Delicious vanilla ice cream.


We made homemade ice cream for the boys (since they can have dairy).  It gives me a hankering for homemade coconut milk ice cream.  And homemade allergy-friendly cones.  Hmmm...

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