When you only eat out 2 or 3 times a year, every time is a treat. So it can be hard to know if the food is actually super delicious, or if it’s just super amazing to have a lovely dimly-lit atmosphere and hot food you didn’t make placed in front of you. But when […]
Greek Quinoa Salad
We’ve had exceptionally warm weather this month and it’s gotten me thinking about healthy make-ahead lunches that aren’t soup. I can happily eat soup all year round but not everyone here for lunch feels that way. This Greek quinoa salad is a perfect spring and summer lunch alternative – easy to mass produce, full of […]
Easy Everyday Meatloaf (with Freezer Meal option!)
A loaf of meat. Really, we have such good names for so many things, but for this we only have meatloaf? I don’t think that’s a word that inspires excitement in anyone. Well, except my kids, obviously, or we wouldn’t be here right now saying weird words to each other. Meatloaf, aka the dinner now […]
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Where does the time go? I seem to have time to try new recipes, but no time to tell you about them. We need to get to those Greek nachos I shared on Instagram, and the perfect chocolatey sea salted-caramelly cookies we just made for a school bake sale, not to mention I’ve found the […]
Honey Soy Chicken Lettuce Cups
My oldest friends (time-wise, not age-wise) live just under an hour away from me, and there’s a handy restaurant right off the highway pretty much smack dab in the middle between us. We often meet there for shared appies and dessert, and one dish that almost always makes its way to us is lettuce cups […]
Beef & Broccoli Teriyaki (Freezer meal!)
With the number of kids home on a daily basis slowly dwindling, I’m trying to use my time more wisely when they’re away. I think I’m easing out of the stage where someone needs something all the time, and easing into a stage with a bit more time to actually get things done beyond the […]
Slow Cooker Tandoori Chicken (Freezer Meal!)
I’ve been on a bit of a freezer meal quest lately, determined to find things that are easy to make ahead, and still taste good cooked from frozen. A huge part of this is being willing to make freezer meals by myself when time presents itself. This means NOT waiting for a sister or friend […]
Herbes de Provence Chicken Thighs
You guys, this is the 800th post I have posted on this blog. That is craaaay-zeee! It’s definitely possible that this hasn’t been the #1 best use of my spare time over the past 7+ (!!) years, but time flies when you’re having fun and the time has definitely flown. Somehow I’ve introduced you to […]
Seriously Good Freezer Meals: Cookbook Review and Chicken Parmigiana Recipe
Just when I least expected it, along came a book that has snapped me out of my kitchen funk. I have been just generally sick of making dinner evvvverrry day, for so many people with different tastes, and it has been reflected in uninspired, getting-by dinners thrown together in those crazy hours after school and […]
Zucchini Basil Spaghetti
The good thing about Carl going out of town is that my grocery bill is literally cut in half. The bad news is I have 4 boys who will be teenagers before I know it, and this makes me realize that I don’t think we’ll be able to afford to feed them anything but noodles […]
