My family doesn't always love when I am on the dieting bandwagon. I do my best to make things that everyone will like, but let's face it: Big steaks and baked potatoes laden with butter and sour cream have made a screaming exit from our dinner rotation, and that's kinda sad for Mr. Meat and ...

If you aren't into pickling and canning, you should be. I don't do it nearly as much as I'd like to, but when I do, the satisfaction is palpable. To see rows of jars containing fresh ingredients and homemade deliciousness is akin to a bath in caramel sauce for me. It satisfies my ADD and my ...

I'm trying to eat clean(er). At first, I wasn't sure what this meant, entirely. And frankly, I still don't, so I'm making it up as I go along. I lost 6 pounds in the first week of this effort, so I must be doing something right. In my mind it means eating a lot of whole foods, nothing ...

I love homemade pizza night. It's great for when I'm short on time and long on leftovers. Really, friends, you can put almost anything on a pizza. If I'm really short on groceries, I do veggie pizza or breakfast pizza. Eggs are cheap, and soon the garden will be full of herbs. Lovely. I ...

Sometimes on the weekend, we forget to eat lunch. It's not that we don't love food and I don't ever miss a meal. It's more like breakfast happens and then projects or fun happen and then we go, "Oops, it's 2:30 and I fed the kids a sandwich but I never got around to feeding myself." And ...

Mr. Meat and Potatoes has very few things, anymore, on his "I don't eat that" list. The top two are still mushrooms and olives, much to my chagrin. Because I luuuuuuuuurve those things. I like a big pile of olives and marinated mushrooms and roasted peppers and artichoke hearts and hummus and ...