I’ve been thinking about some changes we’ve made lately to the way we plan, shop and eat, and I think the whole thing can best be summed up as discipline. I mentioned not long ago that I was making a
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Now that the kids are old enough to give their input for the monthly meal plan, the question “What do you want for dinner?” is inevitably answered this way by at least one of them: “Burgers!” Yeah, my boys are
Every Christmas Eve, we eat lunch at a hibachi restaurant with my parents and my sister D. I don’t know exactly how that became our tradition, but it has stood for several years now — long enough that L. and
There’s just something about tzatziki, isn’t there? It’s all so FRESH. You just mix a little yogurt with some cucumber and a few other ingredients, and it’s like summer — you’re transported to this place where everything is warm and
How arrogant of me, to call this pork “perfect.” How dare I be so bold? So smug? Few things in life are actually perfect, it’s true, and in all likelihood, this pork is no more perfect than I am –
Did you know April is National Pecan Month? Yeah…neither did I. I don’t usually keep track of these things. But I’m happy to know about it, because pecans are arguably one of my very favorite nuts. I prefer them to
One of the first things that I figured out how to cook, reliably, was boneless chicken in a skillet. Let’s face it: Boneless chicken is easy to work with, as proteins go – you just sort of cut it up
This post is part excitement, part thanks, and part mea culpa. See, the great folks at Tuttorosso Tomatoes reached out to me a while back and asked if they could send me a blogger kit. No strings attached, no post
Who loves veggies? I love veggies. I really do. In fact, with the exception of green bell peppers (which I believe to be an abomination against food), I can’t think of a single vegetable that I don’t enthusiastically enjoy. That’s
I’ve been quietly watching something take shape in the blogging world, as respected kid-and-food writers (many of whom are friends of mine) have been debating the merits of the new FNV campaign – essentially, a marketing machine that’s aimed at