Posts by Rachel Schultz

BASIL & MINT EDAMAME SALAD

April 4, 2022

I love the bright and fresh flavors from the garden that basil and mint bring. To me, lots of fresh herbs is perhaps the best way to have a SPRINGTIME feel in a menu. (Also when the grill comes out again!) I came about this recipe while looking for something great for this time of year. I love edamame and this is a dish to serve it in beyond the typical boiled in its shell with salt version. We had this in an easter season dinner as a side to some lemon ricotta pasta, and with some bruschetta too.

AS FOR MIDDAY, the recipe also makes a very good lunch with some buttery toasted baguette slices.

BASIL & MINT EDAMAME SALAD
Serves eight

24 ounces frozen de-shelled edamame, thawed
1/2 cup mint, sliced
1/2 cup basil, sliced
2 lemons, juiced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Salt
Pepper
Red pepper flake (optional)

Toss all ingredients together. Serve with toasted buttery bread slices.

BASIL & MINT EDAMAME SALAD

Author: Rachel Schultz

Ingredients

24 ounces frozen de-shelled edamame, thawed
½ cup mint, sliced
½ cup basil, sliced
2 lemons, juiced
3 tablespoons olive oil
½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
Salt
Pepper
Red pepper flake (optional)

Instructions

Toss all ingredients together.
Serve with toasted buttery bread slices.

Adapted from Justine Snacks.

SPRINGTIME SNACK MIX

March 31, 2022

Rachel Schultz

In my homemaking, I like to build up easter to be a more full season event that has a bit of a month-ish long honoring. Similar to christmastime! But instead of how the celebration of the incarnation (christmas) is punctuated by the beautiful start of winter with snow and pine tree decorum, the celebration of the resurrection (easter) is punctuated with the beginning of springtime with flowers, rainbows, and other signs of the new life decorum.

One way to create some family culture around easter is this springtime snack mix! I make an enormous size thing of it and keep it on the counter. We kick off using it by having a movie night on the saturday night before the first Lord’s Day of spring, approximately one month before easter. (Although I put it out a few days before with no tasting allowed to build anticipation!) We love it as a popcorn mix in on movie nights in the springtime.

And a scoop is sometimes served on its own from time to time as a little snack for people. (And naturally David often self serves himself impromptu handfuls throughout the month as well, as he should.) My autumn snack mix is here if you’d like to save it for then!

SPRINGTIME SNACK MIX
Serves like, a 7 and 1/2 gallon thing

Honeycombs cereal (spring-y for the bumblebee part, but they also look like flowers)
Another seasonal or strawberry cereal
Iced animal crackers
Cadbury chocolate eggs
Strawberry yogurt covered pretzels
Pastel m&m’s or sixlets (I prefer sixlets!)
Mini marshmallows

Mix ingredients together.

Note: These ingredients are VERY free wheeling given the nature of this concept! Consider them more ideas.

SPRINGTIME SNACK MIX FOR EASTER SEASON

Author: Rachel Schultz

Ingredients

Honeycombs cereal (spring-y for the bumblebee part, but they also look like flowers)
Another seasonal or strawberry cereal
Iced animal crackers
Cadbury chocolate eggs
Pastel m&m's or sixlets (I prefer sixlets!)
Strawberry yogurt covered pretzels
Mini marshmallows

Instructions

Mix ingredients together.
Note: These ingredients are VERY free wheeling given the nature of this concept! Consider them more ideas.

Here are some springtime craft ideas for children, like this painted binoculars, coffee filter butterflies, buttercup flowers, and a rainbows idea.

A BUTTERCUP FLOWERS CRAFT

March 22, 2022

Rachel Schultz

We are not too deep into spring at all before I take down all our winter-y crafts and get some rainbows, rain storms, frogs, seeds or early gardening, bunnies, frogs, flowers, grasshoppers, caterpillars, kites, baseball, butterflies, or bumblebees art projects going. It can make the art corner of the house feel so bright with the seasonal change. First up for your springtime subject matter could be this very quintessential and one of the earliest blooms, the buttercup.

This craft is simple with simple supplies and it might be even a little surprising how nice and realistic these crafted buttercups end up looking.

This project is good for lots of ages, almost any age. Achievable for a toddler, but pleasant and satisfying for older children too. (Wait, I am an adult and I liked it.) All you need is pretty much paper, paint, and an egg carton!

MATERIALS

Paper
Paint
Brushes
Pencil
Liquid glue
Egg carton
Scissors

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut the bottom half of an egg carton into twelve cups.
Paint egg carton cups and three pieces of white paper your desired shade of yellow.
With pencil, draw twelve background portions of the buttercup flower (rounded star petals).
Cut out background petals.
Glue painted egg carton cups onto background petals with liquid glue to produce twelve buttercups!

All posts about motherhood are here and you may also like these other art time ideas like this painted binoculars craft, coffee filter butterflies craft, and rainbow craft.