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 | 7 Comments »
About as Adventurous as a Bowl of Oatmeal
Posted in breakfasts, oatmeal, parenting, Recipes, Travel, vacation on June 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve lost my spine. I was the girl who used to jump off 50 foot cliffs, ride roller coasters for the adrenaline rush and surf in the washing machine waves off the coast of Santa Cruz. Now I am just a middle-aged mommy wuss. While on vacation I took Lennon body surfing. He loved it. [...]
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 [...]
Not vegan for a day–a call for recipes
Posted in Recipes on May 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »
A co-worker of mine was recently diagnosed with cancer. And while she waits for her surgery to be scheduled, she is feeling stir crazy and would like to stock her freezer with tasty meals for her son that are easy to reheat post surgery. So for this post I am calling out to you for [...]
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