Scott is smart about things like growing seasons, so he proposed yesterday that we make a quick trip down the road for some “pick-your-own” strawberries. It turns out that picking your own food is really fun, especially if you just finished a long day at a very indoor type of job. Also, other people are…
Edamame + Asparagus + Minty Citrusy Goodness
I tried a new combo of an old standby earlier this week–chicken and veggies. It’s a common food theme at our house. This try was Cooking Light’s Chicken Scaloppine with Sugar Snap Pea, Asparagus, and Lemon Salad. Pretty, right? Well, the chicken was good with a nice broth and wine sauce that made things a…
Roasted Veggies with Chipotle Cream Sauce (and Snausages)
Okay, the dining room is painted. Totally off-white and fresh and lovely. Unfortunately, there is still plastic-covered furniture and painter’s tape and all sorts of things that don’t work for a big reveal photo. So instead, let’s think about food for a few minutes. Last week, in the week-o-veggies, I tried a few recipes from…
Bye Bye, Red!
I’m a fan of a red dining room sometimes. It can be classy and dramatic and good. But for some reason, I never felt that way about our red dining room. It was inherited red, and it doesn’t really go with our stuff that well. Plus, it was dirty. The more time I spend up…
Weekend Update: Memorial Day 2014
We got to visit our old hometown this past weekend, which was pretty fantastic. I mean really. There was the perfect mix of sunny weather, good food, favorite people, and general relaxation. But don’t let me get ahead of myself. First, I gazed at our peonies for a while. They’re still happy, so I’m sharing…
Frank Friday
Sometimes I post a bunch of things about delicious food and pretty flowers and tasty cocktails, and I think, “This is not my life.” Sure, I ate those foods and have beautiful flowers in the yard/house, but is it really a representative sample? So to honor the “representative sample” concept, it’s Frank Friday. For starters,…
Fresh Herbs + Spiced Rum
We found ourselves with some gifted fresh herbs this week (the eatin’ kind, not the planting kind), so we did a couple of things with it. I added lots and lots of fresh oregano to chicken with some salt and pepper, which made our Monday and Tuesday veggie dishes more wonderful. We also decided to…
Small, but valuable. 