Recently, I put a picture of everyday life up on Instagram – mini frittatas stirred together with ricotta, feta, spinach and garlic – but as I was about to post it, I realized that for all my talk about planning ahead, I haven’t done a lot of talking about lunch. Specifically, school lunch. I actually just…
Life with Kids
Avocado and Smoked Salmon Summer Rolls
In my last post, I talked a lot about kitchen confidence. So it is coincidentally fitting to follow it up with a post about Summer Rolls, something that used to scare me. Summer Rolls are not hard to make, but they, like sushi, involve a bit of technique to walk away with a picture perfect…
Homemade Chocolate Chipotle Marshmallows
When you’re constantly thinking about a week’s worth of dinners and planning for life, it’s too easy to forget about the fun stuff. I know, because I did for a long time. When I was making sure that a big batch of oatmeal was portioned out, vegetables were cut and roasted, soups were simmered and…
Grated Pasta, Lemon-Chicken Meatballs & Peas in Broth
Easton is Food TV obsessed. It started as a compromise. Easton doesn’t watch TV during the week, but on the weekends, she is allowed a couple episodes of Daniel Tiger or Sesame Street. But, one early Saturday morning, I wasn’t in the right headspace for Tiger, she wasn’t in the right headspace to settle for the…
Roasted Apples, for everyone
Roasting apples is not the most revolutionary thing out there. But, it’s been enough of a game changer for me, and enough of a surprise for others, that I thought it was worth it to write about them. A couple years ago, I made a batch of baked oatmeal using raisins and raw apples. It…
Triple Coconut Bars
Before, kids, I spent a lot of time imagining my life with them. We would read books and eat Dim Sum on Christmas Day, snuggle up in the morning, in bed, and we would cook together, always. I didn’t know what I was talking about. Yes, we do all of those things, but none of them…
Vanilla-Spiked Pear Sauce
I have often told Larry that he doesn’t want to see what’s happening inside my head. Sometimes, it’s personal, and he wouldn’t want to hear it. But a lot of times, it’s one of those crazy crime scene boards, with pins, and strings connecting something on the left to another thing all the way on…
Beet, Coconut & Molasses (Nut-Free) Granola
After Easton was born, I thought, amongst other things, that I would never cook again. I was overwhelmed by motherhood, missing myself and doubting that I would be able to pull this parenting thing off. Although I was exclusively nursing, and needed fuel, I could barely bring myself to eat. When Easton was 8 weeks old,…