Food

“I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel.” Love me some Buddy(“Elf”, for those of you crazy people who might not know the reference :)). Yes, it’s that time, people.  We are busy about the birthday celebration around here (you ...

Yes, I love ocean spray too.  In fact, I have always preferred it and have even been known to buy a few extra cans to open when the company leaves.  I don’t think any of us can explain it.  Who would have ever thought that any food with ridges on it would be appealing? We ...

Aren’t they just beautiful?  I have to say I love to take pictures of vegetables.  It’s weird I know, but I love that this color isn’t fake or added.  It’s just right there…the way God made it. Radiant as they are, these fellas come with a power-punch of bitterness.  Don’t worry though, the fat from the ...

  Julian is a place San Diegans’ go to make us feel like it’s fall even though often it’s almost 80 degrees.  It just so happened that the day we went to Julian it was actually cold.  Like really cold.  I went with a group of friends from church to pick apples and none of us ...

1. Honeycomb Earrings from oliveandcocoa.com that I love so very much. 2. Goat’s milk caramels’ from happygoat.com.  These are awesome. Truly. 3. Adorable wicker backpack for picking apples on the weekend or as a very expensive toy picker-upper.  brookfarmgeneralstore.com 4.Madeline Weinrib makes amazing textiles…that is no secret.  madelineweinrib.com 5. Super-cute and cozy looking sweater-cuff boots from urbanoutfitters.com 6. How perfect ...

So, lately I have been in a soup funk.  I guess it’s not really a funk because everyone around here seems to be happy with it.   Basically, I seem to be only thinking in soups these days when it comes to cooking.  I even convinced my newly minted 3-year-old to have 2 kinds of soup ...

It’s Fall and also October as far as the calendar goes, but it could not be further from cool and scarf-worthy here.  That will not keep me from enticing it with spices my kitchen and soup on my stove.  I made this recipe from good-looking seasonal veggies from my fridge and tons of garlic.   It ...

For a mother, it is a wonderful thing to have your kids growing up healthy and strong.  The problem is just the growing up part.  Until I was a mom, I never really knew what it was like to have emotions pulling you in 2 good directions.  I’m excited about what my kids are going ...

I’m super excited about this post.  Did you ever make something and it turned out ridiculously better than you expected.  Yup, that’s this one.  These were so good I actually ate some pieces of my little guys, which he for some reason didn’t eat.  I don’t do that normally.   I think the other reason ...

A very small snapshot of our week through my phone. I love to start our weeks with fresh bread.  This is Martha’s Olive Oil bread and it rocks.  SO easy. Little D is trying to use the cork remover to force his way into the locked pantry…didn’t work but I give him credit for trying. Finally did the ...