In college, I took an Italian language course taught by my lovely professor, Dr. Love. She was vivacious, she was interesting, and she was a storyteller. And she almost ruined tortellini for me. For years I had loved to make and eat tortellini. Yet, one day Dr. Love told us a story about how my […]
The pings of popcorn popping in a covered cast iron skillet rang through the room as we gathered blankets, bundled ourselves in cozy winter pajamas, and picked out movies. You see, for the first time ever, we didn’t live near family and didn’t have plans to go anywhere for Christmas or New Year’s Eve celebrations. And […]
Jenn started kindergarten. (Cue the emotions). However, instead of thinking “I am going to miss her so much,” I was thinking something more like “I sure am going to miss her, but I need to figure out a lunch plan for nutrient-packed, whole food meals that are still easy to make.” And somewhere along the […]
In a last ditch effort to find a way to get dinner on the table while working from home and going crazy trying to “do it all” I bought my first Instant Pot. Which quickly turned to collecting all the accessories and even buying a second, larger pot for our family. Learn more about your […]
I remember the first time someone told me they made their own chicken stock. This blew my mind and elicited my staccato response, “What?! Wait. How? Why?” For them, they wanted to know all the ingredients in the food they were serving their family. Similarly, I also desire confidence to know the food I feed […]
“Ay um sum tuuu” Em, my two-year-old, squealed as I furiously sliced sweet potatoes this morning. That can be translated as “I want some too” and was in reference to the butternut squash and sweet potato hash recipe I was cooking up in our instant pot. I was on a mission to find a yummy, […]
