I’m having a problem. Maybe I can blame this on motherhood (is mommy-brain a real thing?), or maybe old age (eek! turning 30 in 3 weeks!), maybe on the plethora of technologies ever at my fingertips… I can’t ever remember where anything is anymore. That used to be my superpower. I always knew where everything […]
When I was a kid, the local grocery store was famous for their rainbow sugar cookies. Everyone I knew loved them. Everyone except me. I thought they tasted funny. These cookies were probably the only dessert I would actually decline as a kid. They just didn’t wow me. The bright colors didn’t fool me (I […]
Our family has started a weekend breakfast tradition. It’s fairly surprising, actually, given my husband’s general apathy toward keeping traditions AND his venomous hatred for the morning…but on Saturdays, bright and early, when I holler up the stairs that pancakes or French toast are ready, he immediately appears and we have a special family breakfast! […]
A few weeks ago, a friend told me about this amazing way to eat corn on the cob. At first, I was only half listening…unlike most people, I don’t get too excited when ears of corn start to overflow from farmer’s stands or grocery store aisles. It’s just corn. But, as she told me about […]
A few months before Caitlin was born, Dave and I spent a weekend in Staunton, VA. We arrived on a cold Friday night and when we woke up on Saturday morning, it was a wintery wonderland. By noon, there was over a foot of fresh snow on the ground, and the temperature was about 9°Fahrenheit. […]
There is just something special about these chocolate chip cookies. They are dense and moist and a little tangy…they remind me quite a bit of Mrs. Fields cookies, rich and chocolatey and immensely soft, even after days. And here’s the fun secret: they are made with cream cheese!
This is just the kind of quick meal I love to throw together when I’ve been having a busy day and I want to get dinner on the table without a lot of fuss. A tostada is kind of like a taco salad that you pick up and eat with your hands. It can be […]
Have you ever made your own taco seasoning? It’s kind of glorious. Yes, it’s true: I have a penchant for making things from scratch that I could easily have bought in the store…but in this case, I really do think it’s worth it. Not only will you avoid totally unnecessary ingredients, like gums and gluten, […]
This pizza crust is made out of flour and time and magic. Every time I make it, a phrase from 1 Corinthians comes to my mind: “A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough” (1 Cor. 5:6). Whenever I hear that phrase ringing in my head, I feel tempted to tell you that this […]