Last weekend, Calla helped me make dinner. She was helpful and engaged. She stirred the sauce, poured and mixed ingredients and pressed up right.next.to.me. while I chopped and diced. I did my best to breathe deeply, let her have fun and not micro manage her when she sploshed sauce over the side of the sauce [...]
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Goopy Little Hands
Posted in dinner, Italian food, main dish, parenting, Recipes, Sauces, Uncategorized, vegan on July 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Snacks for Dinner
Posted in dinner, family, Leftovers, parenting, snacks, vegan on July 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last Thursday, Calla suggested we eat snacks for dinner. Her menu included soy yogurt, ice cream, spring rolls and Popsicles. Lennon requested Costco-style “samples” and dim sum. I didn’t feel like cooking a full meal and neither Scott nor I were interested in the remaining items on our weekly menu. He had eaten Asian food [...]
A Thai Curry Obsession
Posted in dinner, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegan MoFo on November 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This year, Scott uncovered the secret to creating authentic curries. A stroll through a Thai restaurant kitchen on the way to escorting our daughter to the bathroom unveiled an awesome discovery: Thai restaurants use pre-made curry. All those cookbooks that list 20 different ingredients (only found fresh in Thailand) to make a green, yellow, red, [...]
Potato Comfort
Posted in dinner, main dish, Recipes, vegan, Vegan MoFo on November 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I need some comfort food. Now. I need to sit in a pair of soft pants on my squishy couch with a plate of twice-baked potatoes in front of some brain-cell-destroying TV. The personal and political drama of October spilled into the first week of November. I think it is okay to just say goodbye [...]
Spring vegetables–loyal space hogs
Posted in dinner, spring vegetables, vegan pasta on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant tonight and the heartburn spreading evenly through my chest cavity is a constant reminder that refried beans covered in a rich mole sauce are not my true friends. Instead they are fickle, superficial companions that coax me into believing they won’t hurt me. I fall for their enticing [...]
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