Follow my blog with Bloglovin Last night was one of those where I hadn’t planned what to make for dinner. Usually, that means I’ll make some brown rice pasta or a big salad with whatever’s in the fridge, but it was time to come up with something different. I had a bag of red quinoa [...]
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When did pasta become such a dinner staple in the US and the UK? Was it always the standby dinner for our parents and grandparents? I have a feeling it wasn’t until the last 50 years or so that people in these countries started eating pasta at home on a weekly basis (unless they came [...]
It’s definitely feeling more like comfort food season here in New England. While we keep raking leaves in our driveway, they just keep falling! So we really wanted something warm, comforting, and satisfying for dinner the other night to soothe leaf-related frustrations. Mac & Cheese is such a classic American comfort food dish. It’s warm, [...]
Hello from Newton, Massachusetts! It has been almost 3 weeks since we said goodbye to our London flat and headed west. And we’re feeling pretty settled here in our new home. As settled as we can while our British stuff still sits on a dock in the UK, waiting for a container it can fit [...]
My Spring Renewal Detox is approaching Week Four (aka the Final week!) and we’re all feeling great! Why? Because we get to enjoy things like this while shedding unwanted toxins: That is a pizza I made with a buckwheat crust and topped with homemade tomato sauce, black grapes, manchego & buffalo mozzarella, caramelized onions, [...]
