A few weeks ago, we invited friends over for dinner. We hadn’t seen them in quite some time and looked forward to catching up. They happen to be vegetarians, so I made a big spread of fancy meatless goodies: Roasted
Tag: weeknight dinners
As I write this, the Christmas tree is still twinkling, the candles are lit, and we still have a kitchen full of leftover cookies, blocks of cheese and boxes of crackers to remind us that the holidays are freshly passed.
The Christmas season has a tendency to stay the same year to year, and yet change radically. Things that stay the same: There will never be enough time to do all the things we want to do. Gift giving will
Thanksgiving 2017 was the last time I ever spoke to my mother. She unexpectedly went into the hospital a few days before the holiday, and she never came home. Sorry to start a meal plan with such a downer, but
Welp. As evidenced by the fact that I never even got around to posting the September meal plan, last month apparently lasted approximately 30 seconds. It’s October, and I have basically no memory of anything that happened in September —
And just like that, the only real month of summer is over. As I turn the calendar page to August (what a romantic notion — what I mean is “click the next button on Google Calendar”), it’s time for All
I’ve realized something over the past several years of parenting school-aged kids: July is really the only true month of summer. June doesn’t count, because they’re still in school for at least half of it. And August doesn’t count, because
It’s a cliche, but life does have its ups and downs, doesn’t it? Since last month’s meal plan was posted, we’ve had some great ups: The kids’ school musical! L. accepting a big scholarship for summer camp! Great times with
It’s here! It’s finally here! After one of the longest, most dramatic winters in recent memory (seriously, April? Nor’easters?), we have finally achieved something that sort of resembles Spring. There’s verifiable sunshine, temperatures have stayed warm enough for a long
Here it is again: The Spring Gauntlet. Parents know what I’m talking about. It’s that time of year when you’re finally breathing after the holidays and the gloom and doom of winter and all of that mess….and just as the