There is one thing that Adam requests for me to make for his birthday breakfast year after year. Biscuits and gravy. Growing up in the north suburbs of Chicago, I can count on one hand, ok two fingers, the number of times I had tasted biscuits and gravy before meeting Adam. He’s quite a connoisseur [...]
I get a little excited around birthdays. You all know this about me, right? I tend to go a little crazy, a little overboard, and am genuinely happy to celebrate with family or friends. Family birthdays are particularly fun because usually, they not only involve an evening with my family, but truly amazing food! My [...]
We’re huge meatloaf fans in this house. When we can’t think of something new and fun to make for dinner, meatloaf is a fallback option that we’re usually pretty satisfied with. Sometimes, I’ll use oatmeal as a binder; sometimes its panko bread crumbs. Usually it’s a balanced mixture of lean ground pork and lean ground [...]
I vividly remember the first time that I helped my mom make a meatloaf. I always ate it without complaint, as her meatloaf was fantastic, but I rarely helped out more than possibly peeling an onion or maybe, if I was lucky, cracking an egg. I wasn’t one of those kids that hated meatloaf, quite [...]
When it’s freezing outside, there’s only one thing on my mind: getting and staying warm. I have this issue with cold toes. When my toes are cold, it doesn’t matter how warm the rest of me is, I feel cold. During the week, this is a rare occurrence because my school building is quite warm. [...]