I made my mother a birthday cake on Friday night while Gerrit and I were keeping an eye on the news about the Paris attacks. I wish I had more to say about all of that, but I can’t seem to find my thoughts on it. I’m not sure why I can’t: sometimes I think…
Year: 2015
If I had to pick a post from the archives that would have gone viral, I would have guessed something sweet. I would have also guessed it would be something with decent photographs. Something like peanut butter torte. Or homemade moose tracks ice cream. But no, it has been oven fried chicken, which I posted…
So I know I mentioned a while ago that I wanted to improve my football food game (unintentional, sorry) and then there was nothing. And now, much to the dismay of Gerrit (and me honestly because how is time moving so quickly this fall?), we are in the last month of college football season. I…
Somehow, despite the fact that we already have so much going on and we have a toddler, Gerrit and I seem to be adding more things to our lives right now. I know…it doesn’t make sense. But at the same time, it makes perfect sense. So much of our lives right now revolves around Evelyn,…
Here’s what we ate this month. {An explanation as to why I’m doing this can be found in January 2015.} {Past months: January 2015 : February 2015 : March 2015 : April 2015 : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015 : August 2015 : September 2015} Oct 1—baked chicken thighs, brussels sprouts with bacon, cous cous Oct 2–dinner with Gerrit’s family–grilled pork tenderloin, brussels sprouts with bacon, mashed potatoes, brownies…