It’s January. It’s a new year. It’s time for a change. Well, maybe not so much a change as a tweak. I don’t do cleanses, detoxing, juice fasts, or anything like that. I just try to listen to my body,
Tag: weeknight dinners
I’m looking at the calendar, at my freshly holiday-decked house (translation: “bedazzled by a drunk elf with bad taste”), and at my pre-Christmas to-do list. I’m not stressed, actually. The to-do list is shrinking admirably, the house — however awkwardly
Here and now, we officially enter THE HOLIDAY SEASON. *Cue scary organ music* It’s time to make sure all that Thanksgiving planning is done. And Christmas shopping. And decorating. And baking. And wrapping! It’s time to do ALL THE THINGS!
One of the big downsides to committing early on to raising kids who are HEALTHY EATERS, gosh darn it, and therefore not at all accustomed to “kid food,” is that you can end up with a couple of kids who
In just a few days, L. starts 1st grade. Amazing. Also in a few days, I go back to rehearsals for my choral group — for what will be, unbelievably, my tenth season. After that, P. starts soccer for the
Last week, finding ourselves a bit short of suitable summer camp arrangements (dang, summer vacation is LOOOONG!), J. and I packed the boys off for an official week-long visit at Camp Grammagrampa – otherwise known as my parents’ house. They’d
What do you do when you intend to make homemade pizza for dinner, but you TOTALLY FORGOT to defrost/make/purchase dough and there is just no time to fix the mistake? Well, you could punt entirely and make something else, it’s
July. Oh, the promise! The best days of summer, really, are coming – at least, in my humble opinion. After all, July is still fresh and new for the kids coming out of school; it’s not yet the dog days,
Summer means grilling and grilling means kebabs. Okay, maybe not for everyone, but there’s something appealing about the idea of having a whole meal sort of contained on one stick. Like a meal-sicle. Only not as gross as that sounds.
A few weeks ago, I asked readers over on my Facebook page whether or not anyone would be interested in working with me, one-on-one, to solve some kitchen-based challenges in their lives. I’d been invited to submit an article to