My Love/Hate Relationship with Cooking
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with cooking these past few weeks. Perhaps fueled by the exhaustion I have from cooking on a camp stove for […]
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Lifestyle
Summer Camping: Planning
We just returned from a 10-day camping trip visiting Great Basin National Park in Nevada, followed by Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon and Zion in Utah.
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Summer Grazing
Summer is here, and that means the kids are biking, swimming, playing video games . . . and grazing in the pantry. It has become
A Gift from the Heart (and Kitchen) for Father’s Day
As Father’s Day quickly approaches, I know exactly what I’m going to give Dad — something homemade. The days are gone when I find myself
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The Effin’ Goldfish Fight
This morning my kids were fighting over goldfish. Not the ‘swim in the tank’ kind, but Goldfish crackers. You see, I bought the oversized milk
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The Party Invite
When I was a kid, I loved stationary. My favorite was a gift from my Aunt Jan, a deep pink paper decorated with white
On the Go Beverages
Water, coffee, tea and more . . .We take our beverages on the go, but the cost to the environment is staggering. Americans discard 2.5
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Family Games
Dinnertime is the time we slow down and nourish our bodies. But, it is more than just the meals that are important to us, it
The Unraveling of Dinner
I’m exhausted, not really hungry, and pretty darn cranky; but Keely asks, ‘Will you eat dinner with me, Mommy?” I agree to, and realize that
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The Laudemio Consortium: Producing Quality Tuscan Olive Oil
As I make way through another day in the kitchen, I grab my tin of olive oil, or jug of canola oil, and get cooking.
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