Hello my happy little friends. I come to you fresh off a week of sleeping through the night! Now if you regularly read my nonsense you know that I have 3 kids, ages 4, 5, and 7, so this is not something I normally experience. This miracle of miracles was only made possible because after … Continue reading Silent Night
I am starting to have an overly romantic view of 2020. It seems to me as if their is ample time and space with minimal availbility for traveling that is triggering a second Renaissance period. Because who hasn't seen 80 thousand loaves of sourdough bread home made on social media? And who hasnt decluttered the … Continue reading A Renaissance Resurgence
You have heard me say before that I am a snack bitch. Well, the global crisis has elevated me to the title of Grand Culinarian. I have a general experience these days that all I am doing is cooking and cleaning. And I suppose if I'm having this experience there are probably many of you … Continue reading Feeding Your Family
We are all stuck at home with our kids. I personally have never had the distinct luxury of sending my children away for an eight hour period five days a week. (Full disclosure and all sarcasm aside I am blessed to have been able to stay home with my kids, and it's also my own … Continue reading How to Survive Being Home With Kids
I used to have a housemate, every day he would ask what was for dinner. Once told what the dish would be,he would always ask the question “with love?” And I could always answer with 100% certainty that in fact there was a metric butt-ton of love in every meal served. We prepare three square … Continue reading Cooking With Love
This year we will be hosting 25 people for Thanksgiving dinner. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I do know I said yes to each person that asked me. And I know that I invited some people who I knew wouldn't have another place to go. And fundamentally when it comes down to … Continue reading A Recipie for a Stellar Thanksgiving
We bake and cook a lot. Besides making three delicious and wholesomeish meals a day, Friday is my bread day. This could be muffins, zucchini bread, English muffins, focaccia, pizza dough etc. We try to be glutenless (not gluten free, just less gluten), so I make our baked goods with spelt flour, and all of … Continue reading Fixin Cookies
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