Smorgasbord!

So I did manage to pull together the smorgasbord, which was smorgasdelicious, but also is the least healthy meal I’ve cooked in eons. It’s made entirely of salt and fat. I threw a plate of spinach in at the last minute because I couldn’t deal with an...

A delicious dinner, for those of us who bothered to eat it.

Yesterday was one of those days that didn’t really make sense to me. I got nothing done and everything done. I did some school work, actually looked into our finances, showered, and even managed to make a chicken pot pie at 1:00 so it would be ready to stick...

Warm gingerbread and cold milk: the answer to your troubles

We made this gingerbread from King Arthur Flour yesterday afternoon, and it was amazingly yummy, and very easy, and we had all the ingredients on hand (yes, I randomly had buttermilk in the fridge). There were some kind of offbeat directions (adding the wet...

All hail kale

I guess I’m really an adult: my new favorite food is oven-crisped kale. Why don’t they package this like potato chips? I would buy it (or, well, I wouldn’t, because I’d say, “Why would I buy this? I can make it at home!” but I would...

I do good lunch.

Yesterday at kindergarten pickup the Other Kindergarten Teacher came over to me and said, “I want to tell you…we help the students during the first ten minutes of lunch, and I am really impressed by the lunches you pack for Henry! They’re...