it doesn’t get more from scratch than that

it doesn’t get more from scratch than that

It wasn’t until the next day when I saw my friend Sarai post on Facebook about the dinner party we’d all attended the night before that it really sank in. It read, “Last night we were invited to a friend’s house for pizza and almost everything...
bloody lucky!

bloody lucky!

We are so lucky to have foodie friends that not only make for wonderful evenings filled with tables of food that would rival that of any restaurant but also sometimes drop off little care packages on our doorstep. So was the case a week ago. We were just leaving to...
the more the marinara

the more the marinara

It’s not like marinara is expensive to buy necessarily and tomato sauce definitely isn’t, so each year when the kitchen is destroyed and my back aches from standing all day I question why I go to all the work to make my own sauce. What makes me take on...
not so special caprese salad

not so special caprese salad

There’s certainly nothing earth-shattering about this post. It’s a simple caprese salad. No new twist on it. Nothing unexpected. Just the traditional sliced tomatoes topped with fresh mozzarella, basil with a drizzle of good olive oil and balsamic (this...
they grow up so fast

they grow up so fast

I equate having a garden as being a bit like having kids (albeit this analogy is from someone that has no kids, so you might want to factor that in). I imagine what it will grow up to be like long before it is ever conceived. I wait anxiously for the first signs of...