The capacity and space to make chicken broth from scratch part of my life rhythm took YEARS. I just recently noticed that every time I need some broth or stock, I actually have some. How did this happen? I accidentally made my first bone broth before I had children, and as we know, that is a…
Our summer officially started today. NO ONE got up this morning at 5:30 AM, at least no one that didn’t want to get up. NO ONE had to shower or eat before 8. NO ONE, meaning one child in particular whom we love a lot, even though he might not be sure after reading this….
“Give me all the green things!” That is literally what my mind is screaming come January and February. Along with “Dear God, how can it be so cold?” and the inevitable “Why do we live here?” You can’t fully understand how obvious and annoying it is to be still asking these Q’s unless you’ve lived here…
While I love to cook, bake, and experiment in the kitchen, I’m with any of you who might dread the 5 pm dinner decision. What do we have? What do we make? Who’s cooking? While 5 pm is not the ideal time to begin asking these questions, it happens more than I like. Do you ever do…
I totally forgot about wild rice until I made those stuffed apples in December. Then the half empty bag of rice was sitting there staring at me from my cupboard. Which is what Kale did for months every time I opened the refrigerator. I made kale chips a few years back and the leftover fresh kale just glared at me…
Everything I am about to share with you is a gift for the remainder of your Thanksgiving week. It’s a hug in the form of greens. It’s positivity sandwiched before and after your indulgent Thanksgiving day. In case I’m confusing you here, it’s actually a salad, but it accomplishes both hugs and positivity. You are going to want…
This salad finally happened. It was a necessary follow-up to the fried chicken and home made peach ice cream I made for extra special people this week. Whoa. Time out for salad! Actually it was more like time out for fried chicken, which is so not our daily dish but definitely worth a little celebratory appearance this week. Having…
I’m just letting you all in on the lunch you and I can now have until the end of summer. Go ahead and have it all year long but right now this very month of the summer? It’s just right. So many things are not just right, and frankly, I try hard not to make…
At some point in my adulthood, I decided to lock down egg skills for a better life. Remember when I shared my new expertise, the over-easy egg? Suddenly, I was sliding over-easy eggs onto everything! However, the egg skill most needed in my work as a personal chef has been to master how to make…
These three are always leading the way. So many good things have happened in my life because of these faces and their ideas. From my Cole at age 4 asking me why in the world I had signed him up for preschool? Um, because that’s what good Moms are supposed to do? And since obligation was the only answer I…
