This week seems to be about rediscovering old favorite recipes. First was split pea soup, which I made for the first time over two years ago. Then, white chicken chili which, with its plethora of beans made for an extremely satisfying lunch today. And tonight? Tonight brought something back from a dear friend, who I [...]
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There was a time, very early on in my blogging days, where you would’ve been greeted with a post entitled: Wilted spinach salad with bacon, red onion, cashews, dried cranberries, bleu cheese, and roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette. Ouch. I would’ve frantically posted a dark, slightly grainy, slightly overcorrected photo of said salad, apologized for the [...]
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I’ve waxed poetic about meals before. I’ve said before that a dinner was “the best ever”. I was wrong. I was invited by the lovely Jackie from I Am A Feeder to join her during the Chicago leg of her “great adventure” for the experience that is dinner at Alinea, the famous restaurant by chef [...]
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When I was a tween, I was extremely short. Like, nickname-inducing, age-questioning short. I was at least two heads shorter than many of my “tall” friends, and a head shorter than my friends that were considered “short.” When I graduated 8th grade, they lined us up by height. The taller kids got to be in [...]
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Whenever I get stressed out, I tend to make things. One year, everyone and their mother (literally) got homemade crocheted scarves or blankets. I was stressed out about my first year of teaching. One year, when my grandma was sick, I started baking and never kind of stopped. This year, I’m stressed but I don’t [...]
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Picture this: a twelve-year-old Mara. Wait, you can’t do that. Here’s a point of reference: Now, imagine that it’s Saturday morning. My sleep schedule was such that I could easily wake up at 5:30 a.m. to meet my dad downstairs to enjoy episodes of Rocky & Bullwinkle while my younger sister and mom slept. Around [...]
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I can’t believe there are only two weeks of camp to go before the school year starts up again! Where has the time gone? While my mind can’t wrap itself around the fact that the summer is coming to a close, the weather begs to differ. It’s been hot, humid, mosquito-y, and full of outdoor [...]
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I don’t think I can express in enough words how happy it makes me to see strawberries in the grocery store again. Not just any strawberries either. These are the big, bright red, juicy (get your minds out of the gutter) berries that are only wonderful this time of year. The ones that are red [...]
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Nearly four years ago (yikes, I can’t believe it’s been that long) I joined Weight Watchers for (what I thought) would be the last time. Before I joined, I rarely cooked. As much as I love cooking now, I had a TINY kitchen and a great pizza place down the street so I never did [...]
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