I definitely made this recipe before we all got whatever plague my son’s pre-school passed along to us this week. Pre-school has been great for P’s social development and terrible for mine! We are sick all the time, I swear he misses like 50% of pre-school from being sick. It’s a ruthless cycle of life …
Being an old-ass mom of a newborn and extremely active 3 year old, I’m allllll about the speediness of dinner. Bon Appetit put out a super weird (and quick) recipe for a smashburger; that is, a burger you make on the grill but in a pan (on the grill). I had been making BA’s “smashburger” …
When I make this easy Sunday pot roast, it fills the house with a warm, rich beefy smell that immediately makes me think of my Nana. My Nana made pot roast all the time; even in the middle of summer which is what Nashville feels like this week despite it now officially being Fall. TOO HOT! Anyway, …
The most important thing I’m learning as a new mom is that a routine is the key to a happy toddler, and therefore a happy household. Trust me when I write, if your toddler is unhappy, EVERYONE is unhappy! A favorite routine from my childhood was Pizza Night; without fail, my amazing, beautiful mother made her …
Isn’t ‘spatchcock’ a super fun word to say? This chicken recipe boasts (and roasts!) a whole succulent chicken in only 40 minutes flat! Using just olive oil, salt and pepper, you too, can create your own chicken masterpiece. You know how most roast chicken recipes tell you to tie strings snugly around the bird’s body and legs, compacting …
If the month of March’s slogan is, “comes in like a Lion”, I think January’s slogan should be, “comes in like a slap”! Let’s face it, we just finished almost two straight months of gluttony; Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving leftovers, Christmas cookies, multiple holiday parties and feasts (more leftovers) and don’t forget something lavish for NYE, too! Now all of a …
Let me disclaim: I am an American self-taught home cook (not an old Persian lady) and this is my quick version of a tasty khoresh. What is Khoresh, you ask? Khoresh is the Persian equivalent to a French braise. Persian cooking is complex, typically with a lot of exotic ingredients, but I’ve found Khoresh Karafs to …
I feel like we have just gotten into the swing of all this heat and suddenly the temps are (sort of) dropping, the days are getting shorter and Baby P is this new upwardly mobile, vocal little human. I feel like we have eaten a lot of awesome things this summer that I was lax on posting about, because, well, LIFE. This refreshing, …
I just looked back at the last 5 posts I made and they are all for sweets. I swear we’ve been eating lots of good things other than sugar! I’ve been perfecting this stir fry since mid-December. Nothing is more comforting in wintertime than a warm beef and broccoli mushroom stir fry. This rice bowl has made …
It’s (still) summer even though I’m already doing what hubs calls “forcing fall” – wearing long sleeves, jackets and sweaters before it’s truly cold enough outside to do so. I love beginning of the fall season, the first time you see your breath in the morning, first frost on the grass, until finally, the smell of …
