Some girls collect shoes, I collect kitchen gadgets and cookbooks. And Nick is well aware of my culinary interests. Yes, he buys me fancy jewelry for special occasions, but he also spoils me with gifts like this beautiful Emile Henry tagine. Tagines are ideal for cold-weather cooking, and so we pulled it off the hutch last week to use before... Read more
My sister and I have a serious sweet tooth — I think we inherited it from our mother. And so when Laura was here last week, of course we had to bake something. I turned to one of my two favorite blogs for dessert inspiration: Two Peas & Their Pod (the other is Brown Eyed Baker). These chocolate chip cookie... Read more
1. My sister spent a few days with us last week during her spring break. We snuggled with Sam and shopped at Hobby Lobby and watched Revenge. And one night, after baby boy went to bed, we baked chocolate chip cookie bars and played Bananagrams. (Recipe to come.) 2. Temperatures are still hovering in the 40s here in central Pennsylvania.... Read more
Menu planning makes life much easier. Our evenings are more efficient, and we eat healthier when we stick to a plan. Also, now that Sam is sitting with us at the dinner table, we eat earlier, which means less time to prepare and no time to ask: “What’s for dinner?” Today, I’m linking up our weekly menu with Duchess of... Read more
In addition to the #febphotoaday prompts, I also took a photo of Sam every day last month. I used the Instagram and Photo 365 apps on my iPhone. Sure beats shooting with film and waiting for processing and printing, huh? Enjoy. Read more
Sam’s four-month checkup (in January) was met with much anticipation. Because we knew it was time to talk food! For a couple who loves food as much as we do, we were excited to introduce it to our baby boy. We didn’t know what our doctor would recommend for this first stage of eating, but we were pleasantly surprised by... Read more
Every year on Christmas Eve, my sister-in-law Megan makes French onion soup. We were fortunate enough to partake in this annual family tradition during our trip to Huntsville, Alabama this past year. Her “tried and true” French onion soup recipe was passed along to her by her mother, and she was kind enough to share the recipe with us. It’s... Read more
Dear Samuel, You are five months old! And this past month was quite an eventful one. It seems like you reach a new developmental milestone every day. You can grasp and shake a rattle. Pick up a plastic ring. Turn the pages of a book. Open and close the lid of a box. Spin a ball. And push your toy... Read more