Kristin Schell
What’s your favorite school memory? Chances are the iconic peanut butter and jelly sandwich makes it on your top ten list of school memories. I remember squishy white bread with grape jelly and a smear of Peter Pan all wrapped in a paper towel and tucked neatly in my tin lunch box. I can still taste and feel that first…
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It’s full-on spring sport season around here. Lacrosse and track keep the older three Littles running full steam ahead and me running in circles! Snacks are of the essence and these easy, no bake granola balls are our go-to favorite. Perfect pick-me-ups in carpool or on the way to the field for practice, these healthy bites of energy keep us…
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As the sun sets tonight the Jewish holiday of Purim begins. I wonder if my grandmother ever made hamantashen cookies with her Aunt Rose who owned a tea room in Amarillo in the early nineteen-hundreds. My great-grandfather Godfrey Baum, a grocery merchant, surely stocked the traditional Purim cookies at his stores Baum’s Helpy-Selfy. Although, I can’t say for sure. There…
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Husband loves pot roast. So does his mother who made a roast nearly every week for Sunday supper when he was growing up. It’s been a while since my mother-in-law made a pot roast herself, but I know she enjoys savoring the memories as well as the flavors of her favorite meal, so we made plans to bring her over…
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I’m excited to be at the table with Kristin and Chris Ann at Love Feast Table today. I’m sharing one of our favorite Advent traditions as part of the Love Feast Table Cookie Exchange. It’s a deliciously simple French cookie recipe that we are using for our St. Lucia Day celebration this year. But, you’ll have to head over to…
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The editors at The High Calling posed a question on Facebook asking for examples of outrageous hospitality. “Our team at the High Calling has been talking a lot about what it means to offer “outrageous hospitality” to others. Tell us when you have experienced that kind of hospitality — in a business, a home, a church, anywhere. We’d love to…
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