well beyond the kitchen  

I realized a few years into creating this blog how much I love to cook wintery foods! A couple summers came and went, and I didn't have...

When I set out to create a blog, my vision was a post on how make bone broth as a cornerstone of the website. Well, here I am over a year...

We have this pot, we call it the love pot, and everything we make in it tastes so, so good. We swear it’s the pot - we’ve been cooking in...

I wrote this recipe for the Vernon Family Farms May 2018 newsletter. Vernon Family Farm is located in Newfields, NH and is one of my all...

I struggled with naming this recipe...it's not easy naming recipes! Whenever I make these (which is about 3 times a month) I always call...

Adam came home from work at 5:30 the other night and I was sitting on the couch reading to Finn. He looked around, so perplexed. I asked...

We all know the feeling of being painfully hungry, “hangry” as some like to call it. You get home and you know you need food, and you...

If we ask our little guy what he wants for dinner, his answer is always “RICE BOWLS!!” with plenty of enthusiasm. We have rice bowls of...

I don’t make chili often enough, but every time I do I’m reminded that - this is really quick and easy to make, and it’s so tasty! I know...

Ok...you might be saying to yourself, C’MON, another recipe with curry?! If you don’t like curry, I’m sorry, because this is my third...

Because we live by the motto “cook once, eat twice (or three or four times),” soup is our dear friend. This favorite soup of ours has it...

Another (curry flavored) weeknight staple, coming at-cha! We are getting in the habit of having a few meals that we eat each week and...

I grew up eating really, really delicious salad. Any salad my Mom makes is always a hit. My cousins, who grew up not loving salad, would...

Curried red lentil soup is one of our bi-weekly go to’s. I love making soup on Friday night as we eat it for lunch on Saturday, and often...

My Nana Susie was the light of my life. She was an incredible woman - an amazing artist, accomplished in the kitchen, and the most loving...