I’m all about fulfilling traditions during the holidays. Which is why I’m willing to entertain the idea of letting my kids make a mess of my kitchen making German spritz cookies. The kitchen seriously looks like a bomb went off in there. Traditions are …
I am so impressed with my husband right now. For his work, the managers take turns bringing a Friday breakfast selection for everyone to munch on. Jason has decided that he (meaning me) should bake up some healthy breakfast items and provide the team with …
I was never one to devour the bread basket at a restaurant as bread just isn’t really my thing. Except for at breakfast. Then, gimme some bready, moist, warm, fresh from the oven muffins and I’m one happy girl! It used to be a weekend tradition with …
We had a great Thanksgiving with all of my husband’s family coming over to our house. It was an amazing feast with each of us providing a few signature dishes and a few new ones. In true form, my husband smoked our turkey again this …
My daughters looked anxiously from the baking sheet with two roasted halves of an acorn squash back to catch my gaze. They asked me what was for dinner, to which I replied, rice noodles with puttanesca sauce (a little lie via omission of the word …
Are you in charge of the cranberry sauce for next week’s feast? You can have this tart and tangy cranberry sauce whipped up in 15 minutes and it can be made ahead of time and frozen to just heat up for later. Make it this weekend and have …
I don’t normally bake bread since I tend to steer clear of wheat but this was an occasion worthy of breaking the “rules”. For one, I’ve never really made homemade artisan baguettes or any breads for that matter. Two, I needed something besides just veggies …
The sign of a really good workout: you wake up the next morning not being able to move because your muscles are so sore and refusing to operate properly. Yeeaahhh. That would be me, as a result of shoveling our very first snowfall of the …
I think it’s finally fall. So, I finally rescued the last of the carrot crop from my garden. But who really knows. Minnesota is known for not being able to make up its mind when it comes to the change of seasons. Monday was …
It’s a comfort food kind of day. We’re in the process of selling our house so it’s been a challenge to keep the house clean and still manage to cook and so forth between showings. I swear, all I’m doing these days is …
