Fettuccine with Cashew-Chardonnay Sauce I’ve always been a big fan of trying new things. With that being said, this year I decided to try not to dislike Valentine’s Day. In the past, I always looked at this holiday as commercialism exploiting love. Or, a holiday to make lonely people feel really, really sad. Or, […]
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Well, it was bound to happen. The first snowfall of the season arrived yesterday and brought with it over 200 crashes in just under 3 hours. Uhg. Suddenly the decision about which new tires to buy and if they should be winter tires seems crucial. Needless to say, I did not take my skidding
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Hello! I have returned. 🙂 Halloween is my favorite holiday, so this year my husband and I ended up doing something really special for Halloween, which consumed the two weeks before the holiday and caused us to need a week of recuperation afterward. We performed in the 18th annual BareBones Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza!
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Well, we made it home safely from France last week! It was a trip filled with exhilarating, challenging, beautiful, disgusting, amazing, refreshing, delicious, exhausting events. Even now, a week later, it is difficult to really comprehend our adventure. I missed cooking. I was actually surprised at how much I missed my kitchen. So,
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We finally have warm, sunny weather, and… I decide to make soup. (Sounds strange – even to me!) To be fair, this is a light soup and makes a perfect lunch when pared with a mixed greens salad. I’ve been waiting to make this soup since I bought Super Natural Cooking last fall. Garlic scapes
First of all – I always knew that Ben Bars were delicious, but maybe not the extent of their fabulousness until last week’s post. Thank you to everyone who shared stories and thoughts about Ben Bars and my brother. My heart is singing with happiness and the memory of my brother (or maybe it
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I have so many things I want to share with you today! The one thing they have in common is that they are all green – the color, not necessarily the eco-friendly movement. First – our CSA box this week was brimming with green vegetables! Starting at the upper left hand corner
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Happy June! Finally it feels like Spring (or even Summer) has arrived to the midwest! Hooray! This weekend marked the first time in many, many months that we had sunny, non-stormy weather on the weekend. It was so beautiful that I had a hard time not smiling all weekend long. My legs, however, are
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Ugh. This morning I woke up and saw this out my window… I am not impressed. While it isn’t uncommon for us to get snow in April, I was really hoping that we were done with Winter. This snow isn’t even that much and is melting as we speak, and yet it did
Sometimes I’m inspired by a cooking technique or cuisine. But most of the time I’m inspired by an ingredient. Today’s inspiring ingredient: bok choy. In this transition between Winter and Spring, bok choy is a food we can’t get enough of. It promotes digestion and gives us a wallop of vitamins and other things that strengthen
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