Happy Daylight Savings Day!

November 2, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

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Happy Daylight Savings Day! And good morning to those of you with small children. Please know that Swiss Mountain Dogs with a precise feeding schedule share your child’s excitement for the 6:00 hour. May you be blessed with a short nap at some point today. So how many Elsa’s did you count on Friday? I was going […]

Squash Season

September 10, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

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One thing I love about fall is the pretty little gourds that fill the farmer’s markets on Saturday mornings. About as diverse as the people who shop for them, I’ve always had an affinity for collecting the weird-looking ones each season. The gourds, not the weird people. Not that there’s anything wrong with weird people. […]

Honey Cornbread Muffins

August 27, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I learned an important lesson this week while making cornbread muffins. Don’t over-think things. Simple is best. Who says the best lessons aren’t learned while baking anyways? A few weeks ago I made a cornbread crumb cake that was delicious albeit a little time-consuming. And yesterday I cooked up a batch of vegetarian chili and was looking for […]

Summer Corn Chowder

August 18, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Happy Back to School Day to all the parents out there! All too often we celebrate the fresh starts, new classes and that whole importance of educating our youth when in reality we should be celebrating the fact you just survived three months of 24-hour parenting without the assistance of teachers. So let’s take a moment to […]

Panzanella Salad

August 15, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Considering I’m a true adult now and all, I figured I should start expanding my salad repertoire and get a little fancier. Just kidding. I just had some rock hard bread that I didn’t want to go to waste. Truth is I love carbs as much as the next runner gearing up for a big […]

Currently I’m…

July 30, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

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In the middle of a full-on middle school crush with The Mindy Project. It’s been about 4 years since I had sophisticated TV equipment so I’m on technology overload as of late. How did I go so long without this show in my life and why can’t all OB/GYNs be that funny? Finding it hard to concentrate […]

Summer meal planning

July 20, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

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Oh hey there. Me again. I’ve been meaning to share our meal plan this week with you but apparently I can only get my stuff together to make one of them happen at a time. Now don’t assume I’m a super planner who writes down her weekday meals every Sunday or anything. I want to be that […]

Buffalo Turkey Flatbread

July 10, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I don’t like to toot my own horn but over the years I’ve learned to make a pretty mean turkey burger. Toot. Toot. And so on my weekly (ok maybe more than weekly) Target trip I bought a pound of ground turkey with plans of making burgers. But then I saw this recipe from Little Leopard Book using […]

Hearty Winter Hash

February 25, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

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Believe it or not I’ve actually been cooking lately. I tried to give up on winter meals a few weeks ago but the weather gods had other ideas. We’re back below zero this week so I’m back on the sweet potato and hearty greens train. I’m a sucker for a Cooking Light recipe. I bring […]

Summer Spaghetti

August 7, 2013.Reading time 8 minutes.

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I told you I would share a recipe with you in my IKEA post earlier this week as proof that I actually do cook real meals every once in a while. It’s true. I’ve been slacking on my recipe posts the past few months. You probably think all I do is run and spend time […]