What is St. Patrick’s Day without Shamrocks? In my younger days, I can remember spending countless hours looking for a four-leaf clover. I say that, yet I suspect I tired after a few minutes and went on to some other more exciting tasks, like making necklaces from dandelions. Continue reading “Shamrock Cupcakes”
Last year I made a set of St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes. Since I was not able to post them right away, I saved them for this year. 
I am currently working with a group of PiPa’s from my troop to help them complete the Cooking Merit Badge. This badge covers an important life skill. I was surprised at how little these young ladies actually cook at home. I am blessed with a teenage daughter who is an excellent cook and joyfully cooks dinner several nights each week.
Requirement #26 looks at common food allergies. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology has a great webpage (here), that explains what exactly a food allergy is, along with symptoms, and treatments. Eight types of food cover 90% of all food allergies: eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat and soy.
Fortunately, or unfortunately (depending on how you look at it), our troop has several girls with food allergies. My troop has done a great job of accommodating all of the different dietary needs at campouts making this requirement fairly easy for our girls to complete.
The easiest meals to accommodate allergies are the ones with the least number of ingredients – plain baked chicken, green beans, salad. The less processing the fewer number of allergens.
If your recipe box does not contain allergy friendly recipes, consider inviting someone with allergies to speak to the group and learn what they use as substitutions.
NOTE: The requirements have been simplified here. Please be sure to read the full text in the Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
Each year I knit a few hats to donate to a local AHG event. The hats are used as door prizes at a weekend retreat for Pioneers and Patriots. Early in the fall when I found this bulky yarn in the clearance bin, I knew I needed it. (Lion Brand Hometown USA Tweeds in Sioux City Tweed).
I found a super easy hat by Shaina Billow on Ravelry (here). It features a simple 1×1 rib border and a stockinette stitch body. The pattern is written to be knit flat and seamed, or in the round (I choose to work in the round). It also features two sizes, I opted for the smaller one since teenage girls often have smaller heads.
When a cold front hit the weekend of the retreat, the warm hats were a hit. The tweed yarn turned a pattern into a hat with character.
Happy Knitting.
Do you remember the Delightfully Simple Hat I shared earlier this week? I had some of the variegated yarn left, so I added some gray yarn from the stash and made a variation of the other hat. Continue reading “Delightfully Simple Hat with Stripe”
