It’s finally summer!

Summer is my favorite season! I love the sunny, warm days and the relaxing, lazy days. My kids and I are trying to explore our own backyard this summer by finding places we haven’t been in STL before! It has been so fun!

Something else we love during the summer is that my kids basically live outside. We have a portable gas fire pit (I know.. an actual one is on the honey-do-list!). We love to roast marshmallows and make smores!

On this sourdough journey, I have found that so many of my go to snacks or quick foods for my kids are filled with junk that is unnecessary. I have been learning to make a lot more things at home, some including my sourdough starter. Graham crackers have been my latest try! They were surprisingly easy, and I also included some fresh ground flour for added health benefits.

What I am struggling with is my homemade marshmallows! The batch I made tasted great, made with grass fed beef gelatin, but they were so sticky and never quite set up! So I will keep working on it. I’ve read that any candy making endeavor is all about temperature, so I’m sure that’s where I went wrong.

Eventually, I would like to add a homemade smores kit to my menu, so look forward to that!

What do you and your family like to do during the summer?