Holiday Deliciousness: Shortbread

Oh, the pretty shortbread! This is another family Christmas tradition. We’d snack on shortbread first thing in the morning while the bigger, more elaborate Christmas breakfast was still being prepared. Not that this should in any way count as breakfast. But it’s tasty, and if you have a gorgeous shortbread mold, it’s also beautiful as … [Read more…]

Quick and Sweet

We met my new baby nephew yesterday.  Super adorable.  And I have to tell you, hanging out in the hospital with my little sister, watching the two of them trying to get nursing figured out. . . I don’t miss the Infancy Era.  That was really, really hard.  Sure, tantalizing glimpses of kid-personality flared occasionally, … [Read more…]

Halloween Food Smackdown

While tucking M into bed tonight, I mentioned that the Halloween extravaganza will continue tomorrow, and she actually groaned!  This whole Sunday thing isn’t working out for us.  It’s too many days–Friday school festivities, Saturday parties, and then the actual holiday.  When I was growing up and there would be multiple celebrations for the same … [Read more…]

More Appliciousness

Would you believe that we’re still working off the last of the apples from our apple-picking outing?  I know! One of my very favorite salads is a mesclun-apple-cheddar cheese-walnut salad.  Yum.  I throw on a very basic little vinaigrette of apple cider vinegar, olive oil, water, salt & pepper, and a tiny smidgen of honey.  … [Read more…]

Miscellaneous Tuesday

In a startling coincidence, just about every little girl in J’s class was sporting a lovely and complicated updo today.  Including J, of course.  In fact, she looked so cute that I took a picture to share before sending them off to school.  Alas, when I took a second look at the camera I realized … [Read more…]

Adventures in Food

I struck out at dinner again last night.  Lately every main-dish recipe I try seems to be a tragic failure.  This is probably because I keep trying new super-healthy and vegetarian items, because that’s what I’d like us all to be eating. So, I attempted a Sweet Potato and Lentil Stew.  Part of what made … [Read more…]