What Do You Want to Make Today?
Lemongrass stock is easy to make and great for soups, but it’s also a lovely drink that might cure what ails you. I have declared this fall and winter to be the season of Soup Wednesday, meaning that once a week (usually on Wednesday) I make some kind of soup. It’s been going on for […]
For some reason this year I decided it would be a lot easier to make decorated pretzels and Rice Krispie treats instead of actually baking something for the bake sale at my daughter’s school. I love chocolate-dipped and decorated pretzels, and while they aren’t hard to make it is a bit of a process, and […]
There have been times — and there still are — when food has been a struggle for us with the girl. We like a much more varied menu than she does, and would be a lot closer to vegetarian without her influence over our meal planning. Still, I know we’re lucky that she eats as […]
It’s not like we don’t see Christmas coming. It’s at the same time every year. It can’t possibly sneak up on us, and yet every year there’s the same mad dash to finish something or buy something or do something before that big, firm deadline of Dec. 25. Or, in my case, Dec. 19. The […]
I have always wanted to be the sort of person who drinks green smoothies. Don’t people who drink green smoothies (or, even more so, who juice) seem healthier and somehow better than the rest of us? The problem is I never really make an effort to buy all the things that are required to regularly […]
One Little Word is a great way to avoid making specific resolutions, but there is one thing I’m going to try to do better this year that doesn’t easily fit into the “grow” scheme. I find it’s a lot easier to think about having principles than it is to actually carry them out. So maybe […]
So you know: part of this post is about Craftsy. I’m an affiliate, so if you click links and sign up for classes I’ll get some cash. But I wasn’t paid to write this post. Because, honestly, who would pay for my recipes? I’ve never been a very good cook. Growing up we ate a […]