Most of you probably know by now, that one of my greatest challenges as a picky eater is finding pasta dishes that are publicly acceptable. Because honestly, most nights when we have pasta I heat up some tomato sauce (from a jar!) for Gerrit and then top my pasta with only butter and Parmesan cheese…
Author: Erin
This summer my mother had her gallbladder taken out. It wasn’t that she had a medical emergency or anything. It was more preventative than anything else, to make sure she wasn’t going to have problems in the future. But (biology lesson here) since the gallbladder is what stores the bile that helps to digest fat,…
Recently in the kitchen it has been days of things-I’ve-been-meaning-to-do-for-months. Things like finding a recipe with the word “salad” in it that I actually like. And roasting a whole chicken. And trying to find the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe (still working on that one). Also on the list has been to make my own…
I am going to admit something perhaps a bit embarrassing here. This is the first Julia Child recipe I have made. At least directly from her cookbook. I have an excuse because I didn’t actually own her cookbook until a couple of months ago. But even those several months seem like a long time where…
I feel like I’ve said this around here before, but despite being deeply Southern I am also deeply not really a fan of iced tea. I mean, if it were all there were to drink I would survive. But I’d always prefer water. Iced tea usually tastes a little bitter for me. And even when…