Okay, I sadly don’t have time to write an in-depth post about every meal in Scott’s birthday week. But I do have time to tell you what recipes we used. Not one was a loser. And who gets the credit for this tasty menu? Scott. Birthday boy picks birthday food. His birthday week always includes…
Niçoise Salad
At our house, we try to buy birthday gifts without going hog wild (read: we don’t to spend our life savings on birthday presents, not even for ourselves). But there are still good things to be had for your birthday. During birthday week, you get to pick the menu for dinner every night, you get…
Zucchini Corn Fritters (A.K.A. Summer and Childhood and Nice Things)
In addition to chasing around a now-crawling baby, we’ve done some cooking this summer. My (very local) farmer did some corn-growing, and we combined our efforts to cook some corn from the yard. Lots of it. One of my favorite recipes for this summer’s corn bounty was for zucchini corn fritters. When I was a…
Giada’s Green (and GOOD) Carbonara and Some Olive Oil Adventures
First, I’m going to torture you with stories of my day. Then I’ll point you towards super delicious food. It looks like this: But before I get to the food… It was a nice day today. I had a short to-do list, which I thought would guarantee a completed list and a sense of well-being…
Toasted Quinoa and Peach Baby Food? Heck Yes!!
Okay, this is going to be quick between finishing a batch of delicious baby food and doing the next step of homemade yogurt (and doing all of the katrillion dishes that I created last night and this morning… sigh). I had a problem. Babies eat baby food, right? Baby food in the store is all…
Chalkboard Countertops
We recently had our master bathroom professionally remodeled, which was amazing. Really amazing. When someone says the demo in your bathroom was the worst they’ve seen in 15+ years of construction, you say, “Thanks for being here!” and count your lucky stars you weren’t doing the demo yourself. Someday soon, when I master the use of a…
Really Good Burritos + Too Many Options
Most days, I have a very clear plan between baby naps and errands and stuff that has to be done by the end of that day no matter what. Today is not like that. Today, I have a million projects that I could do, but there isn’t a single project that I really have to…
Small, but valuable. 