Jul 28
Lamb has been a disaster meat for me. It’s expensive, hard to cook, and never tastes how I think it should. But I keep seeing recipes for Lamb and my tackle/conquer spirit kicks in. This is exactly what happened, though without as much ambition, when I wanted to master Roast Chicken. Read more
Choosing the photographer for our engagement and wedding photos was the easiest decision in the wedding planning process. I emailed Stephany Wieland from EyeSpy Photography immediately after our engagement to secure that our location and her schedule would sync up. This was not only because my two co-workers had their wedding photography with her and loved the results, but because she has that eye for finding a certain je ne sais quoi. And that je ne sais quoi might be two people who are not outwardly affectionate, certainly not in public and most likely not in the form of kissing, hand holding or the like, but in the glances, humor and loving our life as it exists because it does with each other. Stephany gets that, and when she asked us to kiss for the first time, “got” that this was not something we do in front of other people, in particular my mother who was armed with her camera taking as many pictures as her memory card would hold. Read more
We planted plenty of peppers this year in the vegetable garden: banana, green bell, yellow bell and red bell, chili, jalapeno and ornamental. 48 pepper plants to be exact. We now have more peppers growing than I think we can eat, but this triple pepper pasta put quite a dent in Friday night’s haul. Read more
In the late spring as I was weeding the vegetable garden, I plucked out what looked like radishes. Knowing I wouldn’t eat them, I tossed them, thinking perhaps in all the crazy winds, some seed from someone’s garden flew over into ours. Turns out, after being exposed to a genius way to get some radishes into your diet, I shouldn’t have tossed them! I was invited to my best friend Betsy’s house for a post-work glass of wine and she busted these babies out on a plate, and I could not resist myself. I think I had five. Read more
Bringing hilarity into your lives today: watch every episode of Hannah Hart’s My Drunk Kitchen. Read more
We had a brief spring that was cold, rainy and riddled with tornado warnings that guaranteed strong winds. This pretty much killed my first attempt at growing beans, but thankfully the lettuces came up beautifully and to my shock are still doing well despite our hot July days. Read more
Grilled buffalo chicken sandwiches have been a go-to meal lately because the ingredients are staples in the weekly grocery run, so we always have it on hand, and Frank basically makes dinner. Like any sandwich, you can dress it up or dress it down. Frank likes to add bacon (shocking!) to his, and while I think to add lettuce and tomato to mine, I am happy with blue cheese dressing and pepperjack cheese. Read more
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