Some things are just better at a restaurant. Salads are usually my favorite example of that phenomenon, since you can find things in restaurant salads that rarely make it into our house. Like three kinds of meat and two kinds of cheese in one place at one time. We often have one kind of meat…
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Four-Eyes
Well, the gray hair was a sign of things to come. My eyes were perfectly fine for years and years. Lots o’ years. Then all of a sudden, the signs in the library were fuzzy. And so were street signs. And people’s faces (when they were a decent distance away). It was like going from…
Simple Weeknight Soup: Canadian Bacon, Vegetable, and White Bean Soup
We got home last night at 8:40 and needed to A) feed ourselves and to B) feed some family who had patiently waited for us to eat. Nice family. So obviously, at 8:40, we were all pretty hungry. What did we whip up in a quick half hour? Canadian Bacon, Vegetable, and White Bean Soup…
Small Town Tour: Elkin, NC
On Monday, I found myself in Elkin, North Carolina with four hours to kill. Elkin might not have been on your tourism radar because it’s a town of 4,000. It’s also not particularly famous (to my knowledge). Should it be on your tourism radar? Maybe. If it isn’t, I hope you’ll find an equally charming…
Braised Beef (or Venison) + Mushrooms + Wine + Veggies
All of those pluses add up to deliciousness, in case you were wondering about that. It’s a very scientific formula. No really. This was one of my favorite new recipes that we’ve tried lately. Could it be because Scott made it for me? Possibly. Could it be because it made our freshly gained venision taste…
Office Nook?
Once upon a cold, foggy day, Hannah decided that she wanted to work from home. And this would be her work nook: And she wouldn’t fall asleep on the job. Probably. The end. [No, that’s not in our house. But it would make a perfect reading/research nook, right? I think so. Today, I’m making do…
Comfort Food Heaven: Baked Beans and Sausage and Kale
Baked beans weren’t a thing in our house growing up. We had plenty of green beans, not a ton of other beans.* So imagine my surprise when I made baked beans for the first time last week, and they’re delicious. I would put them onto my comfort food list in a heartbeat, and that’s a…
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