My sweet baby is allergic to chicken eggs. We discovered this when she was around nine months old and had an unpleasant reaction when I fed her some hard-cooked egg yolk (I’ll spare you the details). Since then, we have mostly avoided any foods that
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While I married into an Indian family, I also have a bit of Latino blood in me (okay, not actually, but you get my drift here). When I was a junior in high school (oh, it seems so long ago!), I spent a year in
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Lately H has been asking to help me cook dinner, and I decided that it was about time to let her. She is five and a half, and has helped me with measuring ingredients, mixing, and baking, but she hasn’t ever helped cook on
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I really like eggs. And I really like bacon. And I really like asparagus. Presto! A breakfast that combines them all! This morning I was making bacon for the kiddos, and I had some asparagus in the fridge that needed eating, plus some sliced onions
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I love kale. It was definitely not love at first taste, but over the past few years I have tried a variety of preparations and found several that I truly love. While it is slightly bitter and/or tangy (depending on the variety), it melds well
READ MORE →Mother’s Day this year was a bit unconventional, but it was probably my favorite Mother’s Day to date. My wonderful husband let me sleep in a bit, a very rare occurrence since the kiddos are early risers. Then we went to the Farmer’s Market (which
READ MORE →Last week we cooked the porchetta we had purchased from our favorite butcher. Amazing! It was flavorful, tender, and delicious. I have to admit, though, that the fantastically crispy pork skin was my favorite part. Crunchy on the outside, with a buttery layer of fat
READ MORE →It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and while I’m not Irish, it’s fun to wear green, make four-leaf clover decorations for the house, and eat lots of green food. Last year, I saw this post for green eggs and tried it out on my then-four-year-old. She actually really
READ MORE →This year we decided to try to grow some beets. My husband and I both love roasted beets, and we had a little room in our raised vegetable bed, so we thought we’d give beets a chance (pun intended). We planted the Bull’s Blood variety,
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