Category: Life

Date night last night. My normal mode of shopping is to plan for the entire week so the idea of shopping for one meal that you’re going to cook in a few hours is a novelty. But I had company. The girls were gone so we could have fun cooking grownup food and sharing the…

Our first high school swim meet last night, so we were home about 6:30 with one starving wet child and one starving dry child. And me. They wanted to order a pizza but not only would that have taken longer than cooking dinner, we’d already had pizza once this week. I was about to dice…

Next time you’re stuck for some breakfast ideas, mosey on over to MrBreakfast.com. My favorite section is the “experimental” recipes.

I had a bit of a spree at the local Target the other day. There are some small appliances I did not have, believe it or not. Like a waffle iron. And a handheld electric mixer. I use my big KitchenAid stand mixer nearly every day, but there are times I miss the old handheld.…

From the garden of course… A friend questioned me the other day about why I so seldom steamed vegetables. And the answer is: I don’t know. Habit I suppose. I’ll cook up vegetables in a bit of olive oil and/or butter, some minced garlic or garlic salt, some herbs, some white wine and/or chicken broth…