This time of year, it takes very little to make me happy in the produce department. It’s at this time, that the first spring asparagus and strawberries pop up in the stores, and while they taste no where near as good as freshly picked, they are a very welcome respite […]
Month: March 2011
Music To My Ears
“Mommy, I wish I could have more of that chicken sauce stuff.” Huh? Did my son just ask for seconds? Of real food? Of dinner? Of something that I cooked? Why yes, yes he did. I happily acquiesced by getting him a small soup bowl of the very thing he […]
Dinner In Fifteen
I swear to you, this dinner took me just fifteen minutes start-to-finish, and was delicious to boot. This last week, while at the library, I was wandering up and down the cookbook aisle looking for something- anything- to serve as inspiration. I needed something new, and was debating between something […]
The Sweet Taste of Summer
The other day I sat down to do some menu planning, and was trying to figure out a good sandwich that we could have for dinner, that would travel well with Abigail to dance classes. We’re not big sandwich-for-dinner people, but she’d asked for a cold lunch that wouldn’t require […]
An Old Friend
Every once in a while, as of late, it seems that I find myself wistfully thinking of recipes from days gone by. I can easily rattle off dozens of recipes that I would make years ago, and then they fell out of favor with my family- most likely because some […]