Tackling domestic life...one day at a time!
I don’t usually start out with an exact idea of what I want to cook for dinner. I browse recipe sites and get super-giddy over inventive entrees. Those recipes then go through several iterations in my mind. Sometimes they even come full-circle as I work through ingredients I have on hand, time limitations or taste [...]
I’m away right now at a conference in Ventura for four glorious nights! “What?” I hear you gasping collectively, “You’re leaving your husband alone with a two-year-old and four-month-old for four nights? Worst wife ever!” I know, I know. Whatever. I’m not leaving them without some decent food for dinner, though. Back in our college [...]
Nate and I have been obsessing over Game of Thrones lately. Once or twice a week a new DVD of episodes comes in from Netflix, and we celebrate with TV dinner night. I know, dinner on the couch doesn’t exactly conjure up images of marital bonding or supreme health, but we do things a bit [...]
Remember the days before parenthood? When you would actually go out into the world and eat at a restaurant and see stars on the BIG screen? I always liked to seek out movie theaters with extra-decadent snacks. You know, the ones with cinnamon rolls and bon bons. Man, movie night’s changed for us in the [...]
Since I started cutting back on gluten, soy and dairy due to Sidekick’s difficulty digesting those things, dinner often has me stumped. Hence the sudden lack of food posts around here lately. We have chicken. A LOT of chicken. And beef. But side dishes can be a bummer. I don’t just want to throw fruit [...]
Not gonna lie, Whole Foods used to totally intimidate me. I distinctly remember the first time I went into one. I was having trouble tolerating prenatal vitamins, so my OB sent me to the fancy store in La Jolla to get some specially-formulated stomach-gentle ones. I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer healthfulness of these [...]
It’s no secret that Nate played football throughout college. Girls used to use the “football line” to hit on him all the time back in school. “Like, oh my God wooooow, look at those muscles. Do you play football?” It’s one of the first questions everyone asks when they first meet him, intimidated by his [...]
Most of the time, my living room looks like this. Yes, that is a salad spinner in the middle of the floor. Some Boy’s been discovering the finer points of culinary art. But every once in awhile, it looks like this. I try my best to take advantage of those less hectic times by making a [...]
