I’m playing catch up on all these dinners!! I can’t recall if I mentioned it on the blog or not but I’m eating more dairy and gluten these days. You probably noticed that with all the pizza photos from the summer (although to be honest, I mighhtttttt like the simple mills almond crusts more than my home made dough). Because my gut remains so unpredictable (despite my best efforts), I have decided to stop stressing myself out about it and just accept that some days it will hurt and I will be bloated and it… Read more >

Dinner bell! We got some last minute summer fare in with the artichokes! And maybe slaw is in the same category, since I associate it with BBQs and picnics, but we seems to have it all year round since our CSA is forever providing us with cabbage. I roasted the chicken and sausages in the oven and used the leftover portion (about half of a chicken breast and two sausages) to make a soup for lunches that week (I deglazed the juices from the bottom of the pan and then sautéed with with onion, carrots,… Read more >

You guys have heard me talk about this cook’s illustrated cookbook PLENTY of times before. But here I am again, telling you about this week’s dinners and guess what!? They ALL involve Dinner Illustrated. America’s Test Kitchen is the gold standard for a reason. First up, a radicchio and arugula salad with roasted butternut squash, hazelnuts, fuji apples (picked the day before!), and feta. I toasted the hazelnuts a but more than intended (whoops!). This was the first squash of the season and I was SO SO INTO IT. It was also the biggest butternut… Read more >

We BBQ-ed as often as we could (whenever Kyle was in town). And discovered the Burgundy Pepper Tri-Tip from Nugget market was THE BEST marinade and cut of meat for the whole family. The corn from our student farm CSA spoiled us forever more from store bought corn. We had a fair amount of earworms to deal with, but the unbelievably crunchy sweet bites were worth it. We also had slaw on the regular, thanks to the never ending cabbage supply (also compliments of the CSA). The kids LOVE cabbage and ask for slaw alllllll… Read more >