Home is A Mother's Day Memory

We never did big fancy celebrations for my mom...

I never expected big fancy celebrations for me either.
In fact I prefer to keep it simple.
This year...I was H-A-P-P-Y to get to sleep in...
until noon...thank you very much!
The rest of my day included being awoken by a 2 year old
jumping on my head asking for a gumball,
an 8 year old asking to do something electronic
or take hm to Target to buy more Legos,
weed whacking the backyard, picking up dog poop,
and creating something with leftovers for dinner.

Talk about the life!...I am not really complaining...

It just shows my life as a Mom.

In between all of that whoo-ha, this year,
like the last four years, we went strawberry picking.
Four years ago we were invited to tag along with
some friends while they did this, their annual Mother's day tradition.
We head out to the farm, pick way too many strawberries,
and then head over to the farmhouse for pie!
This is a wonderful way to spend a very
simple and sweet Mothers Day! My kids love it, I love it...
and secretly, I think hubby even likes it.
And we went a little crazy this year...20 pounds of strawberries....

Some I will preserve, many we will eat as they are,
and of course I will make Strawberry Bread.
Sandy has the best recipe for Strawberry Bread.
Seriously the BEST!

Strawberry Bread
(Click HERE for pdf)

(This version is adapted from Sandy's recipe at the Reluctant Entertainer...click HERE for the original version)*

3 cups brown rice flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups sugar

2 1/2 cups sliced strawberries

4 eggs, beaten

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

Mix it all up – by hand.

Add the berries at the last.

Butter the pans and sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture

Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes in small loaf pans, or around 60 minutes in 2 large loaf pans.

Remember each oven is different, so make sure and UNDER-SET your timer, so you don’t over bake the bread!

*NOTE: I have experimented with the recipe to cut out the white sugar, oil, etc. by using coconut oil, brown rice sugar, molasses - not such great results - don't mess with perfection! This last time I swapped the all-purpose flour for brown rice flour and the cooking oil for unsweetened applesauce... this way hubby can eat it too...YUMMY! Rave reviews...it's all gone!

Doesn't this photo scream togetherness?!

It's the best we could do. It was freezing cold....

poor strawberries...poor us!

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