Tag: Sunday dinner

I’m quietly freaking out.   Except…now that I’m writing about it on a public blog, I guess it’s not so much “quiet” anymore, right?  So now I’m PUBLICLY and NOISILY freaking out. It’s all good stuff that’s making me this way. 

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A few people have asked, relatively recently, whether or not I ever make Shepherd’s Pie.  The answer is, yes, I do sometimes make it; but it’s not often, and I have almost never made a “proper” shepherd’s pie.  That is

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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

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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

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The September meal plan can’t really be here.  It was NINETY degrees today, for heaven’s sake.  It cannot possibly be time to do this again, already. And yet, here I am, faced with a calendar that stubbornly insists that yes,

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I constructed this meal plan while on the 5-hour flight to Iceland; I had assumed it would take me a little while, but in fact, it pulled itself together in a flash.  My friend B.W. was peeking over my shoulder

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Sheesh, it’s April 1? I almost didn’t post the meal plan on time!  Actually, if we’re getting technical about it, I DIDN’T post on time.  I always try to get you the next month’s plan by the last day of

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I have no idea how it happened that I ended up $30-$50 over budget for almost three full weeks in a row in February, but this has got to stop. Oh, sure, I made up for it, mostly; but the

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Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and I didn’t even write a thankful post.  I meant to, I really did, but…you know.  Life.  And all that. As it happens, though, I’m sort of glad that I didn’t get a chance

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We had a great weekend.  There was lots planned.  Much family time.  Many outings.  Many things to do and places to go.  Much food that fell into the category of either “once a year indulgence” or “somewhat out of our

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