Peppermint Mocha. It’s hot chocolate, coffee, and a candy cane… all in one steaming mug of holiday cheer. Or it’s a crazy-expensive disposable cup full of questionable chemicals and three day’s worth of sugar. Please note that this post may contain affiliate links. When you begin your shopping through an … Continue reading
This summer, just when I had thought I had canned, dehydrated, frozen, and made jam out of a season’s worth of cherries, I found a huge basket of cherries at the Public Market. Cheap. Real cheap. Like the kind of cheap where I expected half the basket to be … Continue reading
The other day, when I was working on my Gingerbread Cookie Latte post, two of the most adorable little kids were following me around with these sad puppy eyes. (Yes, they were my kids, and no, they don’t drink coffee.) So I decided to make them a special drink of their … Continue reading
You may have already noticed this… but I really have a thing for those expensive coffee-house drinks. But I can’t do them anymore. Please note that this post may contain affiliate links. When you begin your shopping through an affiliate link, the price stays the same for you, but I may … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another My Week on Wednesday! The Year Wheel has turned again. Last weekend we celebrated Halloween, or Samhain (I pronounce it it “sah-win”), the last of three Harvest Festivals. Samhain literally means “summer’s end”, and is generally considered to be the Celtic New Year. We are … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another My Week on Wednesday! The year wheel is turning: Halloween, the last of the Harvest Festivals, is on Friday. That means that next week we will have a new cover picture, and that our “theme-style post” experiment is at an end. What did you think? … Continue reading
Once upon a time when I mixed up my first batch of Homemade Pumpkin Spice Mix, I made it for this recipe. Little did I know that this recipe would prove illusive beyond belief. I wanted a piece of pumpkin pie in a coffee cup. End of story, thank you … Continue reading
With the cold weather approaching, and longer nights, brisk days, and Halloween looming near, I am pretty sure you cannot have too many warming drink recipes up your sleeve. And what makes a better warming drink than Pumpkin Spice… something? Last week I made up some Homemade Pumpkin Spice Mix, … Continue reading
So what do real food, urban homesteader bloggers (who walk to pick their kids up from school) do in the afternoon? They try to find ways to legitimately inject a bit of alcohol into their days. Not every day. But sometimes. You know what I mean… how many of those … Continue reading
And Pumpkin Spice week continues over here at Once Upon a Time in a Bed of Wildflowers! If you haven’t already seen my Homemade Pumpkin Spice Mix, be sure to check it out… because you’re going to need to make some (don’t worry, it takes about two seconds) for … Continue reading
