In our move, I fell out of any menu-creating practice that I had gotten into. We were back to that horrible state of it being […]
Instagram: St. Paddy’s Day FroYo
The girls and I went out to Swirlin’ Twirlin’ for “Irish Mint” frozen yogurt and then wandered around the square in order to see what […]
Chloe’s Reviews: Ted’s Montana Grill
We ventured down to Ted’s Montana Grill on the ground floor of our building for the first time, and here’s what Chloe had to say […]
rise from the ashes?
Whenever we head up to Blue Ridge, Chloe begs to go to the “Toccoaside”, the Toccoa Riverside Restaurant just down the street form the cabin. […]
camille’s cake – 26 sep 2011
Camille celebrated her thirteenth birthday today! Claire came to the store to help us pick out dinner and a cake — Camille decided on an […]
baking – 10 sep 2011
Camille *loves* to bake. And she’s taken to that fancy new mixer we bought, too. Her cookies are too delicious to pass on.
samosas – 9 sep 2011
We are working hard to use up leftovers before they expire. Sometimes it can be a challenge … we have three or four containers of […]
CSA: Four days later
My Happiness Project topic for August is Cooking. As I wrote last week, I’ve cleaned out the cabinets, organized the grains and spices and bought […]
tomatoes – 20 aug 2011
These traffic-light tomatoes were part of our CSA share. I’ve made tomato sauce and salsa and also eaten them raw. Yum!
Happiness Project: August – Cooking
As I still work on my July portion of my happiness project, Energy, it is now August and time to take on a new challenge. […]
Photo Friday: House in the Woods
This past week, the girls and I made a *very* fast roadtrip up to the DC suburbs; the entire trip was under 60 hours, with […]
My Happiness Project continues.
I realize that I’ve been fairly quiet here in regards to my Happiness Project. I just haven’t had much to say, and I don’t want […]
Times Square means Chocolate
After our trip to NYC, we arrived in Times Square where I surprised the girls with a visit to the Harry Potter Exhibition. But then, […]
Happiness Project: May – Diet
Yesterday, I declared the start of my Happiness Project. For May’s topic, I chose “Diet” as that has been an area I’ve been concentrating on […]
another goodbye.
Today’s goodbye is being said to soda. Diet coke and Fresca, I will miss you. I think I had the equivalent of FOUR (or was […]
dinner – 10 mar 2011
Camille made much of tonight’s dinner, which I modified from the “menu planner”. I didn’t use store-bought garlic bread but made our own. I used […]
unexpected benefit
as I wrote the other day, I’ve decided to start using saved menus from the meal planning service I had signed up for a year […]
meal planning (again)
Once again, I’m frustrated by what we are eating, daily trips to the grocery store, last minute scramble to get dinner on the table. I […]
compost – 1 mar 2011
We generate a lot of compost in our daily cooking. We’ve been using a “compost pile” for probably almost 10 years now, but I think […]
olives – 8 feb 2011
Tonight’s dinner included pizza dough topped with olives from New Orleans (a gift from our friends)…. Yum.