Category: Food

The Vegetable Butcher, by Cara Mangini Received this lovely book in the mail recently, a surprise gift from Andrew’s oldest brother Billy and his wife Annie. It’s such a treat! With all the vegetables we’re counting on in our garden this summer (including 4 acorn squash plants we decided to go for at the last … Continue reading “Reading… And Cooking!”

Last week my dear, sweet friend Jamie treated me to a cooking class just when I needed a break the most (day 6 of Andrew being out of town and a very busy circus week). It was so refreshing to do something with her where we could talk, laugh, and discuss motherhood candidly. I enjoyed … Continue reading “Cooking Class!”

What a wonderful weekend. We had lovely spring weather sprinkled with thunderstorms — we sat on our front porch on Saturday afternoon as a family: Milo swinging gently with his nose in a book (where it is about 80% of the time these days), Oliver drinking tea, and Emil quietly, intently sweeping the dust off … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

Our garden is coming along nicely! This year we got our acts together early enough to plant seeds instead of plants, which saved a ton of money and will hopefully ensure hardiness of the plants. So far we are growing strawberries (they come back in full force every year on their own), herbs (also came … Continue reading “In the Garden”

We’ve been eating some variation of this salad lately, and I think it’s so delicious, I couldn’t wait to share it with you! We’re growing spinach in our garden again this year, so I think the next month or so (before it gets too hot) we’ll be eating plenty of it. With this salad in … Continue reading “Spinach Clementine Curry Salad”