Always evolving, Never Average
Ground turkey is a staple in my house. It’s so versatile, and I use it a lot. So one thing I do to save myself a couple steps and some time, especially on those weeknights that are super crazy, is to brown a whole bunch of it and freeze it. I usually buy my ground …Read More
When you have two preteens who are at swim practice a couple hours a day, they build up an appetite. A big one. And so for Number 3 and 4, I started having them eat dinner before they went to practice. They both had practice at different times, so Number 3 would eat his first …Read More
I really love gardening and I especially enjoy the satisfaction of growing my own food, but two years ago we had a serious woodchuck issue, and last year I just didn’t have it in me to try to fight them because it would have been a Bill-Murray-and-the-gopher-in-Caddyshack kind of ordeal, so I never planted a …Read More
Yesterday I had a good morning. And I just wanted to share it with you. Because maybe it will help you have a good morning like this someday, too. One of the things the kids love to do is help out in the kitchen. But it can be painful. They can take so long to …Read More
The biggest gift I am giving my family this year for Christmas wasn’t purchased in a store. It wasn’t ordered online. It wasn’t even anything they asked for. Not directly, anyway. But now that I’ve given them this gift, I realize it was something they wanted. And something they needed. In fact, it was something …Read More
A couple weeks ago I asked readers for what egg dishes they served for dinner, and yesterday I tried my own version of one that was suggested by several people. More than one reader suggested a sausage, egg and hash brown bake. But we didn’t have sausage, so I used ham instead. It was SO …Read More
Last week my parents came up to the house and helped me clean up my disaster of a house on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My dining room in particular remains a challenge for me to keep neat and uncluttered. My dining room table always ends up as the dumping ground for laundry and inevitably, a …Read More
I wanted to make cinnamon rolls for the kids this morning, but I didn’t want to deal with making dough. I had three tubes of crescent rolls left over from Thanksgiving, so I decided to use those. I came up with the following recipe. They were simple to make, and the kids devoured them. In …Read More
A couple days ago I asked readers to share any dinners they made that used eggs because I hardly ever make anything eggy for dinner. I received a whole bunch of suggestions, and last night I tried one of them. It’s a variation of the Pioneer Woman’s Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Basically, it’s a grilled …Read More
Why am I only just discovering avocado toast? I made it this morning, and it was 1) super easy and quick to make and 2) DELICIOUS. It was so good and easy that I might just have it again for lunch today. And dinner. And breakfast tomorrow. In fact, I think I need to start …Read More
