Day 270 - Honey cake

Kitchen duty today, and it's a lenten day (Elevation of the Cross) so I didn't have a clue what I was going to bake since I couldn't use eggs or dairy. Finally I settled for honey, cinnamon and nutmeg cake which is the easiest cake in the world to make, and quick too.

We made piroshki as always. Today's selection was rice and mushroom, cabbage and onion, and potato - both fried and baked, as well as the sweet ones with apple and dusted with sugar. These are the baked ones, a slightly healthier choice (although they all usually give me heartburn). You definitely couldn't live on these for very long, but they're quite good hot once in a while.

I took a picture of my son's god-daughter because I love her intensely focussed expression.

Day 263 - Youthraising

Today's photo captures one of the small team of happy fundraisers in our Youth Committee at church. This member got up at 3 am to start off the yeast-based dough so that it was ready for piroshki-making this morning. Along with a hearty soup nicknamed 'Bob' (I'm presuming it's derived from the Russian word for beans, bobi), and the aforementioned pirohki (meat, potato and apple - that's separate, not together), the offering also included various cakes and twisted bread loaves.

I know the photo is blurry, but I still wanted to include it.

Day 207 - Fundraising lunch

Today we had a fundraising lunch for a parishioner's granddaughter who was born with disabilities after her mother had to have chemotherapy during pregnancy. The lunch combined with donations raised $3,210 which was great.