Last week, I wrote about the new challenge we’re facing in our household with a schedule that now doesn’t allow us all to sit down together each night for dinner. I shared my thoughts on how to manage that kind
Tag: weeknight dinners
How do you plan for a family dinner routine when not every person can make it to the table? Can you even have a family dinner without the whole family present? That’s a big question these days, I think. I’ve
Before I get on with the meal plan, I just want to say something. Today, my friend Bettina at The Lunch Tray shared an op-ed from the Washington Post which theorized, among other things, that the problem of unhealthy school
Say it with me, friends: Bibimbap. Bibimbap. Bibimbap. Or, as my kids so charmingly suggested, “Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo?” It doesn’t really matter what you call it. This meatless wonder of a meal was a completely unexpected hit with the whole family, and
It’s here! It’s finally here! My beloved summer Farmer’s Market opens in just a little over a week, and I’m positively giddy about it (in case you couldn’t tell). Oh, I know it’s not going to have much to begin
We are ALMOST THERE. I’m writing this meal plan with the full knowledge that the next time I do this, our summer farmer’s market will be ready to begin. No, it won’t be all tomatoes and roses in May or
Do you ever have those nights where you get home and can barely even think about making dinner? Work was stressful, the commute had you white-knuckling the steering wheel, the kids are crazed, there’s homework to be supervised and pets
March is a busy month for us — P. and I have our shared birthday this month, so there are inevitably celebrations to plan and family and friends to see. This month, I decided to make my job of meal
Yup. We’re still waiting for Spring. No, it’s not that I’m surprised (as a friend’s astute daughter said, “Of COURSE the groundhog thinks there are six more weeks of winter — the first day of Spring is March 21!”); it’s
I’m just going to be honest here: The more locally and seasonally you eat, the more the end of winter kind of drags. At least, that’s true for me. Don’t get me wrong – I love not buying Evil Winter