Lacey Mical Walker

How and Why We Waited 18 Months to Name Our Child. Naming a foster child after adoption. SSA Baby Names Database (fascinating!!) https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Click to subscribe now Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

Story time! That time I was locked outside (almost) Naked! It wasn't a good welcome to our new home when I spent the whole day locked outside in the yard. So embarrassing. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Click to subscribe now. Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

Two aspects of Foster Care that training did not prepare us for... #fostercare #fosteradopt #fostercaretraining #adoption #gettingstartedfostercare New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Subscribe Now! Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

5 Ways to be a bad friend to a foster mom, and suggestions for ways to support foster families. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Click to subscribe now Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

Getting started in foster care and adopting through foster care. How and why we started our journey to fostering and adopting our two sons after 8 years of infertility and 1 miscarriage. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! /UCUi4jkrtXA51ehlagMXep8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

One of these tastes amazing! Tasting all these mysterious foods we sing about every year... What does figgy pudding taste like? What are sugar plums? What is wassail? What do roasted chestnuts taste like? Taste testing the foods of Christmas lore! Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/ Figgy Pudding recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tIiYqRwQw Lacey's Sugar Plums recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ViQVt3e79o Lacey's Wassail / Mulled Cider: 1/2 Gallon Apple Cider 1 Whole Orange, sliced 1 Whole Apple, sliced 3 Pods Star Anise 1"-2" piece Fresh Ginger, sliced 4 Small (3"-4") Cinnamon Sticks 2 Tbls. Dark Brown Sugar (OR serve with caramel drizzle) Combine cider with spices in covered pot and heat over medium until barely a simmer, reduce to low and steep 10 minutes more. Remove spices and fruit, gently smooshing oranges to retain some of their juice. Keep warm until ready to serve. Can also be made in slow cooker on low setting. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel!

Recipe for sugar plums that comes together quickly in the food processor. Tasting video: https://youtu.be/KGV0rYXFuNo Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/ No-Bake Sugar Plums 8 ozs. Toasted Slivered Almonds 8 ozs. Dried Plums 4 ozs. Dried Figs, stems removed 2 ozs. Raisin & Dried Berry Medley 1/4 tsp. Cinnamon, freshly ground with rasp or Microplane 1/4 tsp. Fennel seeds 1/4 tsp. Anise seeds 1/8 tsp. Cloves, ground Few twists of freshly cracked black pepper 1/4 c. Honey 1/4 c. Powdered Sugar Finishing sugar or nonpariels Combine almonds and fruits in food processor and pulse until coarse meal. Combine spices and toast in dry pan over medium heat until fragrant. Transfer fruit mixture and spices to mixing bowl and add honey and powdered sugar, mixing with hands until thoroughly combined. Roll into balls of desired size and allow to set for at least a couple of hours so the outside is less moist but still sticky. Roll in finishing sugar before serving. Yield: 40-45 1" sugar plums New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel!

There are many varieties of banana, but the common ones found here in the U.S. all taste exactly the same! No other fruit is like that. So weird. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

Finding the BEST EGGNOG in Long Island grocery stores. Surprised by the winner! Tasting Stew Leonard's eggnog, Farmland eggnog, Nellie's Free Range eggnog, Trader Joe's almond nog, Silk nog. New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Click to subscribe now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUi4jkrtXA51ehlagMXep8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/

Beautiful, flavorful, pickled red onions to stash in your fridge and zhoosh up your plate! A simple recipe for quick pickled onions. Recipe for the Pollo Guisado pictured: https://www.dominicancooking.com/620-pollo-guisado-braised-chicken.html Mandoline: (my model is no longer carried) https://amzn.to/364F1Wh New videos every Tuesday and Friday. Are you interested in cooking and recipes for foodies, homeschool mom life on Long Island near New York City as a coast guard wife, foster care, and foster adoption? Please subscribe and participate in the community at my channel! Click to subscribe now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUi4jkrtXA51ehlagMXep8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laceymicalwalker/