I’ve had a range of “Valentine’s Day” experiences in my life. There was the elementary school obligatory valentine’s cards for everyone. The classic college boyfriend (who lasted for two weeks) who gave me roses. The time I was dating someone new I cared about… who didn’t want to celebrate because a combination of “work” and…
Eating healthy? So complex. I’ve never really watched what I ate all that much because I’ve always been just active enough that it hasn’t been critical. Yes, it’s always advisable to not eat chicken fingers every Friday night but when I was walking 5 miles a day to and from work… I could do what…
I have been meaning to get this post out pretty much since last October – and if we are being really honest maybe even August. Peak tomato season. But, here we are in February and I’m beginning to think about the garden for this year. When I would talk to people about my garden last…
We’ve had a couple snow days this week – and apparently in the coming week too. Snow days mean many things like cozy clothes and binge marathons on tv. But if it’s a work day, you don’t get to binge tv … and need to compensate with other things. I chose to compensate with this…
I keep calling this the “Ina cake” but it could also be called by its actual name – Devil’s Food cake. But honestly, I’m always going to call it in the Ina cake because it’s from Ina Garten’s latest cookbook that I got for Christmas. I made this cake on a weekday for my mom’s…
I really love Auntie Anne’s pretzel bites. Like, while I never hope for a travel delay… the only upside is that I can treat myself to pretzel nuggets in South Station. There are some downsides to buying pretzel nuggets. One? It costs $4. Which isn’t exactly crushing but it is when you consider its a…
I had never cooked with hominy until today – and I’m pretty excited to do it again soon. After New Years, I had stumbled upon a Whole 30 chili recipe that featured hominy. I had no idea what it was so I pretty immediately clicked away. Then I saw it in the grocery store…
I’d like to file this appetizer under “came out good, but lots of room for improvement”. Sometimes I go back and forth about whether to write up something that has “significant opportunity” but I think in this case it is worth it. But to be clear, I made a batch of dairy-free banana orange quinoa…
Note: This post has been written and sitting in my draft folder for a week. The pictures came out crummy and I kept thinking I would re-take them… and I didn’t. So here they are in all their blurry glory. A few weeks ago we decided over a group text chain to start a book…
I still firmly believe any time outside is better than inside – with a few exceptions of course. In continuing my weekend explorations, I went real hard this past weekend. The project that I’ve been working on has really pushed me to visit places I haven’t before – and thankfully, I’ve only been disappointed once.…
