Guess what? I totally said I wasn’t going to include menu plans on the blog anymore and now here I am posting about a menu plan. And I'm not even posting it in the menu section! Aren’t you confused? To be fair, I’m not really writing a menu plan. I just wanted to give you a little head’s up about what we will be eating because I might be reviewing some of these recipes the coming weeks.
Read MoreWhoa! How did it get to be Monday already? Three days late on the old menu post and I totally blame it on the hockey. It may have also been the baking. To make it up to you, I will try to post a review of last night’s amazing Chicken (and zucchini for our resident vegetarian) Parmesan. So delicious. And so little parmesan, which I find rather odd. Perhaps this is because it was “Italian” food via a Cajun cookbook? Keep a look out for that one. I also owe you one about our post-Thanksgiving gumbo. Yep. It’s good.
Read MoreI’m pretty sure that just about everyone is planning their Thanksgiving menus this week. I can’t tell you how many “perfect sides” and roast turkey recipes I have seen on my various social media feeds over the past two weeks. I am almost sick of looking at Brussels sprouts recipes and I love Brussels sprouts. Lucky for you, there will not be a Thanksgiving menu posted here. I am not cooking for Thanksgiving. Thank you to my mother-in-law for hosting us this holiday. I had no idea how much I needed the break from my kitchen.
Read MoreWe had a great few days of vacation and are following that up with a little country fun this weekend at the Trailing of the Sheep Festival. But after the weekend, our schedule shifts into high gear as my husband will be traveling for the next four weeks. If I’m not careful, there will be a lot of cereal and dino nuggets in my future.
Read MoreHave you ever seen the movie “What about Bob?” I think I’ve watched it at least fifty times. Anyway, what I really need is a vacation. Now, as any stay at home mom knows, it is really difficult to take a vacation from your problems when you stay at home with them every day or have to bring them with you on vacation. Do I need to spell this one out for you? As much as I love my children, sometimes, I dream of not having to be anywhere at a certain time, not having to cook dinner, not having to be finished with whatever it is that I’ve started by a certain time. Baby steps.
Read MorePeople. I have a lot of fruit in my house right now. A lot. My husband picked up our basket from the co-op yesterday. We have a melon, a pineapple, seven yellow plums, six pears, a huge bag of grapes, and a bunch of bananas. We also ordered a box (nineteen pounds!) of peaches and a box (12 8-ounce containers) of black mission figs. Oh, and the veggies. We have a head of butter lettuce, two bunches celery, a fennel bulb, and two heads of cabbage. Plus, Sam was in charge of groceries yesterday so we have a plethora of white mushrooms. I’m pretty sure that my husband used a bunch of produce from the basket last night to make dinner but I missed what he used because he had already started cooking when I got home from family day at the symphony. Bless him. (If you are curious, we had Moroccan fish tagine from the Mayo Clinic cookbook. Pretty good.)
Read MoreRemember way back in June when I ordered the basket of produce from Bountiful Baskets and planned my week around the surprise that awaited me on Saturday? Yep. We are doing that again. I'll be posting a menu for the week on Sunday. My garden has been pathetic this year. I have to get the veggies from somewhere.
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