Blueberry season is coming to an end. With the help of my parents our freezer is packed with blueberries! We are eating everything blueberry… smoothies, pie, jam, berry salad, and these amazing Blueberry Lemon Rolls! The only problem with these Blueberry Lemon Rolls… is once you eat them… they areRead More →

Happy Father’s Day fathers, and additionally… Happy Birthday to my Father! Father’s day always comes in blueberry season, and this season blueberries are falling off of the bushes! Birds are swooping down and getting their fill!  What are you going to do with all those berries? The same thing weRead More →

baked spinach and egg

After a beautiful and productive summer, I join you once again for a food-a-licious blog post. This summer we traveled, family visited, we swam, biked, ran, played, laughed, cried and bonded to our heart’s content. With all these beautiful memories we made, the one thing that I know, for sure, helpedRead More →

Strawberry Ice-cream

The strawberry fields opened up near our house, and guess what we did! We went strawberry picking! Oh yes! With what was leftover after making several batches of strawberry jam and strawberry syrup for our pancakes, we made fresh strawberry ice-cream. Strawberry ice-cream during strawberry season is the best! This dairyRead More →

2015 april income report

There was a decent about of things keeping me from the website this month! I’m glad to be back here writing up this income report. There was quite a dip this month from last, and I blame it solely on pageviews. I was spending more time doing other things insteadRead More →

raspberry bree

Warm brie topped with a homemade raspberry jam makes a beautiful display. It has a rustic look to it, and I plan to make this a center piece for an up n’ coming friendly gathering! Raspberry brie looks awesome, and tastes even better. I first discovered this amazing combination in a small townRead More →

cucumber cups

Would you look at these beautiful cucumber cups? They are filled with two different types of humus, roasted garlic and beat. Beat humus is quite delicious actually. It’s sweet! These cucumber cups are quick, easy and healthy. The make a gorgeous presentation for your appetizer display. With these on displayRead More →

banana chocolate chip bread

It’s time to get in shape and that means reducing my carbohydrate intake. My name is Laurel and I am a carb junkie. Yes, its true. It’s one of the main reasons why I’m overweight. So now that I’m going to the gym and reducing my calorie intake, it’s timeRead More →

lemonade

Good morning! It truly is a good morning. I am propped by pillows in my room, listening to the friendly sounds of neighborhood birds chirping away. I saw Micheal off to work, and sent my son off with the homeschool group this morning. The girls are still snuggled up inRead More →

diy yarntainer

Hello! Thank you for venturing over to Bread & With It for some awesome DIY Yarntainer inspiration. For those of you that are following my posts and possibly concerned about our family… we are on antibiotics and glad for it! After weeks of being sick, our family doctor informed usRead More →

Dudes and Dudettes! What a week it was. We spent the last week sick. What a nightmare. There were days when I had to carefully carry the baby straight from her crib into the bath because of sinus congestion explosions that happened in the night that… are now dried. IRead More →

homemade vapor rub

I never realized that something as simple as homemade vapor rub would make me so completely happy. The Blow household is under the weather… in a major way. It’s a lot of work when one person gets sick, because it begins to spread; making its way from one person toRead More →

vegetarian chili

Vegetarian Chili is one of my favorite meals. I used to top it with cheese and sour cream, but due to my not so new resolution to get fit, I haven’t been doing that. Instead I’m focusing on eliminating dairy because of my sensitivity to it, and reducing calories because of myRead More →

Simple Juicing Tip

It’s been an exciting week! Not just because we are sharing this simple juicing tip, but because Bread & With It topped the scale with its first $100 dollars of earnings in one month. I described how it all work out, in my March Income Report. On top of suchRead More →

2015 march income report

Ok, pardon my language but… HOT DAMN! Did do you see that! WOOT WOOT! Touch down dance, WOOT WOOT! This is a huge milestone for Bread & With It. It’s so exciting to reach this point. I mean seriously, how can you not leap with joy when finding out your blog just made it’s first $100? YES! Super excitement!

*Clears throat* Ok… Now lets get serious and talk numbers like true professionals. Shall we?Read More →

Blueberry Coconut Pineapple Blender

I couldn’t come up with a creative name for this delicious blended drink. I tried. I even asked Michael to come up with one of his creative playful names… but his exact words were “I got nothing”. So here we are, stuck with the plain, yet accurately described title: BlueberryRead More →

chocolate dipped orange cookies

Outstanding! Before I go too far into this, I just need to say: omagursh these are awesome. Be warned though, they are pop-able and dangerous! When you combine the two delicious flavors of chocolate and orange… it’s like tranquility for a food addict. Chocolate dipped orange cookies equal mmmmm andRead More →