Jared and I have been on a major vegetable-eating kick lately. We’re talking the every day, lunch and dinner, fill-the-plate kind of kick that can only be attributed to a sudden and intense devotion to an all-veggie diet or newfound proximity to a Whole Foods. In our case, it’s definitely the latter.
It’s been a wild and crazy couple of weeks for our vagabond household. Last Monday and Tuesday, Jared and I (along with our trusty poodle, Ella, of course) made the 1,000-mile journey from our home in Missouri to our new place in North Carolina. Jared’s going to be starting graduate school this fall, so [...]
Yesterday afternoon, while driving down the main drag of our hometown, Jared pointed out the sign outside Domino’s Pizza: “Summer’s here. Why cook? Order pizza.” Now, I completely understand the aversion to a hot, hot oven when it’s ridiculously warm outside; we reached record temps in our neck of the woods this week — [...]
The very first time I donned an apron and hit the kitchen solo, a small and simple baked good stood as my ultimate goal. No more than 8 years old at the time, my culinary ambition definitely outweighed my ability, so my mom set me up with a dandy little boxed mix of easy [...]
We all learn from an early age the importance of eating three good meals a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Morning, noon and night. That’s all it takes, right?
What we also learn from the time we’re teeny tiny is that snacks for kids can make the world go round. They calm the grumbling [...]
