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 »
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 [...]
A vegan calzone love affair
Posted in Italian food, main dish, vegan calzone on May 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I don’t make friends easily in new situations. Every time I start a new job, place my kids in a new school or move to a different town, my ability to engage people in meaningful discussions or even hold something resembling a conversation diminishes. I can’t even manage small talk. My vocabulary dwindles down to [...]