Summery Gazpacho Soup
the lone tomato… 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...
View ArticleBeef and Broccoli Mushroom Stir Fry
OMG so good 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...
View ArticlePorky Rice Bowls
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....
View ArticleKhoresh Karafs
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. yummmmmmmm What is Khoresh, you ask? Khoresh is the Persian...
View ArticleTurkey meatballs with Zoodles and Noodles
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;...
View ArticleHow to Spatchcock a Chicken
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...
View ArticleMy Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe
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...
View ArticleEasy Sunday Pot Roast
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...
View ArticleBA’s Smashburger
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...
View ArticleScalloped Potato Roll
I definitely made this recipe before we all got whatever plague my son’s pre-school passed along to us this week. mmmm potato loaf Pre-school has been great for P’s social development and terrible for...
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