Here are several recipes we used during Shabbat, and the details of our complete menu below. Again, we were not observing a strict Jewish Shabbat, as we are Christians. I did not concern myself with whether or not we were meeting dietary laws or whether these foods were Kosher. To read exactly what we said […]
Our Shabbat Script
August 17, 2008 by ·
I put together this Sabbath “script”, drawing on many of the ideas and prayers I found in Martha Zimmerman’s book Celebrating Biblical Feasts. I wanted to follow her recommendations as to the elements and order of a Shabbat feast, since I had never participated in one before. Some of the prayers we read follow […]
British Tea Party
July 15, 2008 by ·
We are on our mid-summer 4-week break right now, so I haven’t had much to post about! I thought I would share a few highlights from our British Tea Party, which we did just for fun. We all love British Tea Parties, so we have this meal several times a year, either for lunch […]
Egyptian Feast
June 8, 2008 by ·
We held our Egyptian Feast tonight to celebrate the end of our first week back to school. It was so fun! And easy! I was able to get everything I needed this afternoon, and I spent less than 3 hours total preparing the food, costumes and games. The memories will last a lifetime. My first […]
Cookie Dough Maps
June 4, 2008 by ·
Today we made Cookie Dough Maps of Ancient Egypt. It was, simultaneously, both a fiasco and a success. The fiasco: Apparently, we used a no-bake dough recipe. I didn’t read carefully enough, and here is what happened as a result: Just as the Nile River overflowed its banks every year, this molten mixture would not […]
