Egg-Free Wheat-Free Cornbread
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cup celery
1/2 cup butter
48 ounces chicken broth
1 cup yogurt
2 TBSP fresh sage
2 TBSP fresh thyme
1 TBSP poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp ground pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Saute the onion and celery in butter until golden and soft. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, crumble the cornbread. Add sauteed vegetables to the crumbled cornbread, along with the chicken broth and yogurt. Mix well. Add the sage, thyme, poultry seasoning and pepper and combine until well-blended. Pour into a large greased lasagna pan and bake for one hour.

This recipe is for a 9 x 13 pan of cornbread. You can also use it to make muffins, just shorten the baking time by 10-15 minutes.

4 1/2 tsp egg replacer
6 TBSP water
3 cups corn meal
3/4 cup brown rice flour
3/4 cup oat flour (for gluten free, substitute brown rice flour)\
6 tsp baking powder
3 tsp sugar (make this 6 TBSP for sweet corn bread)
4 TBSP canola oil
2 TBSP melted butter
3 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 C). Grease 9 x 13 pan or fill muffin cups with paper liners. In a small bowl, beat together egg replacer and water. In a separate bowl, combine cornmeal, brown rice flour, oat flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add egg mixture, oil, butter and water; stir until smooth. Spoon batter into pan or muffin tins (1/2 cup for each muffin).

Bake in oven for 25-30 minutes (10-15 for muffins), until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

We've had lots of big changes in our household over the last few weeks. Our girls are growing up quickly and they just don't stop impressing me with their desire to learn. A few weeks ago, Kate started drawing the letter X, as in X marks the spot on the treasure map. She was drawing treasure maps and figured out on her own how to make the X. I decided to build on this, so I bought an activity book that teaches kids how to write letters. At first she was really intimidated, but I walked her through the first few exercises, drawing vertical and horizontal lines, and she was so thrilled by her success she wanted more! We worked through three letters, and she successfully made, on her own, the letters L and T. I decided to quit while we were ahead and introduce more letters on another day.

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Comparing the kids, Part 93 -- my favorite Kate 1-year old sentence "Daddy ... key, out go walk" (New Years 2006-7). So far, Isabel's best ... "Joel ... I want Mommy" (uttered from the bottom of the stairs / gate, October 2008).