One of the things I think many people tend to struggle with, as they try to eat well, cook real food, and maintain a balance between their food values and their social lives, is how to deal with hosting a
Category: Feeding kids
There are a lot of ways to get a family dinner on the table each night, homemade lunches into lunchboxes each day, and keep everyone basically well-fed and reasonably happy – even if you’re working full-time outside the home, or
Yes, I dangled a big old preposition at the end of that awkward post title, but “Breakfasts for which it is worth getting out of bed” seemed even more stilted, so I’m leaving it alone. At this point in the
Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight. If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but
You know what? Sometimes, there’s just not enough time to really cook. I get it. I’m a parent with two small kids, a full-time job, a blog, a serious choral singing commitment, and a couple of occasional side projects/contract jobs
The longer I cook family dinners, the bigger my kids (and their appetites) get, and the higher food prices go, the more I’ve begun to realize what generations of women and cooks before me have known: Ground meat is the
When I announced on the Red, Round, or Green Facebook page that I would be willing to extend the “Monday Menus” theme for a few more weeks to cover some quick weeknight dinners, I joked that I’d have to offer
I don’t have much to say tonight. I almost didn’t post. One of The Aunts, my Gramma’s sister, passed on today and I didn’t hear until just about an hour ago. So I’m sad and thinking of her farmhouse among
After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” — I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that
Every year around this time, as people’s thoughts turn to Halloween, I see a lot of questions floating around the internet. What should we do about the candy? Do we let our kids have candy? Why can’t Halloween be done