It’s here! It’s really here! The holiday season is upon us, as evidenced by the non-stop running of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” on our DVD player and my kids’ endless perusal of the deluge of holiday catalogs that keep showing
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Tonight, much to J.’s delight, was not only Halloween — it was, as he proclaimed, “The start of the entire best time of year!” He’s right, of course. Not only did we have a fabulous time trick-or-treating with our little
This is not to be confused with “Free-Range” chicken dinner. I don’t think the chicken I made tonight, which was, in fact, free — economically speaking — was a “free-range” chicken. By the way, have I ever mentioned to you
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
I thought I was done with the Monday Menus, but you guys have pulled me back in! Due to popular demand from the fans on the RRG Facebook page, I’ve decided to keep going with the Monday Menus theme for