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Friday: Family Fun
We like to say Friday is Family Fun and Saturday is Date night, typically that means Friday evening we focus on doing fun things with Scotland, but last Friday Tom took the whole day off and we headed out for a staycation. We spend the morning in Tremont a west-side suburb of Cleveland, visiting some…
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Food Happenings
I know, I know it’s taboo to talk about food you’ve eaten, but I can’t resist. Last Friday our Grandma Myrtle hosted a gumbo night. She specifically asked me to make sure that everyone made themselves comfortable. She wanted it to feel like on big family. I love this picture because it shows that her…
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Flings
I’m prone towards “flings.” Two years ago it was gardening. I started a blog, I spent all my birthday money on gardening stuff, I read obsessively about all things green, I experimented with botanical photography, I spent all my free time outside. . . This year, it’s nutrition. I’m an avid reader of Word of…
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Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
I recently read a book called “Make the Bread, Buy the Butter.” It’s a fun look into what is worth making at home- as a result of price or taste superiority. And what is simply better to buy. The author suggests that it is better to make bread, yogurt, vanilla extract, and a multiplicity of…
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Pressure Cooker= I. LOVE. IT!
Today at 1:00 I turned on my pressure cooker, took 7 minutes to saute onions, carrots, and celery then added lentils, broth, stewed tomatoes and spices. I locked down the lid and set it for high pressure. Eight minutes later the soup was done. I walked away and didn’t think about it again. Meanwhile I…
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The WHOLE chicken!
Last week I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco. For $4.99 I got a small chicken- a WHOLE chicken. I’ve never bought a whole bird, except for Turkeys on Thanksgiving. I’ve been reading this blog for the past year, (I love it!) and he’s talked about making stock several times. So between that and watching…
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City Fresh
Today was the last day of City Fresh a CSA I started participating in about a month ago. I’ve loved it. It’s encouraged me to try new recipes, eat more seasonally, and branch out in my vegetable selection. Today I brought home: an acorn squash, a pie pumpkin, a cauliflower, a broccoli, 3 turnips, 2…
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Thoughts
It’s gray and chilly (52 degrees), I haven’t written a blog post in over a week, my baby’s asleep, and my mind is a racing. Be warned this might be a long one. Fall: I’ve been looking forward to fall for a couple of weeks now. Mostly for silly reasons. The bulk of Scotland’s wardrobe…
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Labor Day Weekend with Myrtle
Scotland and Myrtle a few months ago A blog I read mentioned that fall begins in two weeks and then it’s the holiday season and the year is up. His quick way of rolling up the year was unsettling to me, perhaps for that reason we’re making the most of our extended weekend. Yesterday, we…
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Food and dinnerware
Tom and I aspire to be foodies. Or, rather we aspire to always appreciate food. Maybe the word foodie is too weighted these days. Yeah perhaps, merriam webster defines foodie as a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads. We’re not really into trendy food, we just like good food. Yesterday, (perhaps…