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I’ve shared a few entries in my Mom-Friendly Meals series (you can also follow #MomFriendlyMeals on Twitter, and please feel free to join in the hashtag fun). One of the things that makes these meals easy is having ingredients available…. Read moreMom-Friendly Meals: Ingredients
I love shrimp. Love, love, love it. Yet for some reason, I almost never cook with it. I’m trying to change that, though, because I have come to the conclusion–quite vocally, if you check with Mr. Sandwich–that I don’t like… Read moreMom-Friendly Meals: Shrimp and Potatoes in Garlic Butter
I don’t just eat oatmeal for breakfast. Even with some nuts thrown in, I need some protein to kickstart my day. And my protein of choice is eggs. For a long time, I made hard-cooked eggs the way my mother… Read moreMom-Friendly Meals: Hard Cooked Eggs
I leave before 7 a.m. for daycare dropoff and work, which means that I eat breakfast after I’m at my desk. There’s a deli on the ground floor of my building, so I’m able to buy breakfast and lunch there,… Read moreMom-Friendly Meals: Steel-Cut Oats
Recently, some of my friends have said, “You really seem to have this meal-planning thing down. What’s your secret?” I do not have the meal-planning thing down. My secret is that I have a child who is slightly older than… Read moreMom-Friendly Meals
I feel bad about throwing away food. I want to eat more vegetables. Guess which one was happening? So we switched to the fruit-only box. This week’s CSA box: grapes peaches pluot nectarines apples And while the jury’s still out… Read moreFruit-Full
1) Hot Tot This shampoo and conditioner combo continues to deliver for Baguette’s hair. 2) Parents The last few months, this magazine has had at least one article that has really spoken to us. 3) Steel-cut oats These things are… Read moreThings I’m Loving
What I really wanted for dinner was a burrito with ground beef. I miss my Tex-Mex. But we didn’t have ground beef, and I couldn’t figure out what to make for dinner, so I looked in the pantry. What did… Read moreOh, Right, Dinner Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
For the record, Mr. Sandwich saved us all from the babbling, screaming monster.
One of the things I love about the CSA boxes we’ve been getting is that they’re a mix of the known and unknown. That means that I can easily eat an apple or come up with a use for fresh… Read moreCreative Cooking