Recipes
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The Best Enchiladas
Craving enchiladas? Thanks to my lovely Aunt Mary, we have been making and eating the creamiest most delicious enchiladas for years. They are truly so good and so perfect for serving a crowd. I can’t recommend them enough. That being said, it does require some time filling and rolling all of the enchiladas, but if you have the time they are 100% worth it and better than any enchilada I’ve had at a Mexican restaurant. They also freeze well (without the cream), can be made in advance and are a great option for entertaining guests or taking to a new mom. On the other hand, if you are in the…
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Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowls
Today we have a quick, family-friendly dinner suggestion for you: slow cooker chicken burrito bowls. In Megan’s house, Sam actually requests this recipe for dinner (and it does not include noodles which is a huge win!). The premise: everyone gets to make their own burrito bowl and choose their own toppings without interference from Mom and Dad. This concept is a huge hit with kids. Just be prepared for lots of shredded cheese on the floor. Of course, Sam opts for chicken no beans and Emma opts for beans no chicken. Sam layers all his toppings together; Emma keeps hers separate. Ryan, no surprise, adds hot sauce to finish off…
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Father’s Day Weekend Recap
(and Chrissy Teigen’s Everything Bagel Breakfast Bake) Its Monday and we are not quite ready for the weekend to be over! We had a fun-filled, food-filled Father’s Day weekend and wanted to share all the details with you. Friday night we celebrated Juneteenth with Edouardo Jordon’s Red Punch (recipe here), red velvet cupcakes and cookies, watermelon, our favorite almost homemade Trader Joe’s cornbread, and Fried Chicken Friday takeout complete with mac and cheese, coleslaw and fries from The Counter at Old Ballard Catering Co.. Only $28.00 for an 8-piece chicken dinner with your choice of three sides (add $3 if you choose mac and cheese as one of your options), The…
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Juneteenth
About a week ago, The New York Times Cooking newsletter showed up in my email inbox including a very pretty picture of a strawberry cocktail and a link to Nicole Taylor’s story entitled “A Juneteenth of Joy and Resistance”. Admittedly, it’s the picture of the strawberry cocktail that caused me to open the email, read the newsletter and then clink on the link. Nicole Taylor’s story describes how the coronavirus and protests over the killing of George Floyd have complicated the upcoming celebration of Juneteenth, the June 19th holiday that honors the day in 1865 when, Taylor writes, enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas, learned from Union soldiers that they were free, two years…
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Gardening With Kids
My kids love to garden! They look forward to every spring when plant starts begin to show up in stores. Each year we plant snap peas (our backyard snap peas taste so much better than store bought!), kale, cherry tomatoes (recommend the Sweet Million and Sun Gold varieties), cilantro, parsley, and basil. And we also have perennial blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb, chives, an artichoke, and rosemary in our yard. This year we added radishes (which are a great one to plant from seed with kids because they sprout so fast), broccoli with a lot of success, and some containers of strawberries and something called a Hula Berry from Costco. In the…
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Homemade Healthy Twix Bars
Do you follow Rachael DeVaux of rachaelsgoodeats.com? If you don’t, you should – for both her at home work outs and her healthy eats. Admittedly, this is the first recipe I’ve tried of hers, but it won’t be the last. These gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free Twix Bars are DELICIOUS. So delicious that I have been treating myself to one every night after I get the boys down to bed. With a hint of coconut, the flavor is amazing and I love that they are a change from your typical cookie or treat. These guilt-free Healthy Twix Bars combined with a large glass of red wine is just about about…
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Got Rhubarb? Make a Shrub Cocktail!
When we moved into our home over twelve year ago, the prior owners had a big beautiful rhubarb plant growing in the backyard. This then 27-year old had absolutely no idea what do with rhubarb (or how to take care of it!), so most years we simply gave away the stalks. That poor same rhubarb plant has since been transplanted at least four times around our backyard. Despite the multiple moves, the plant continues to thrive. Little did I know it was a sign that I should have been making rhubarb shrub cocktails! This past spring, while taking an evening stroll through the neighborhood, we happened past the home of…
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Amy Schumer Learns To Cook
Its Friday, our kids finished quarantine homeschool this week (HOORAY!), and we have a fun new food-TV recommendation for you: “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook”. Who else follows @amyschumer on Instagram? Anyone else been obsessively saving the recipes that Amy Schumer has been posting during quarantine from her new show “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook”? Oh, just me? And, spoiler alert, all the “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” recipes have been posted on the Food Network’s site linked here. Amy Schumer has produced a fun new show live from quarantine for the Food Network with her chef husband Chris Fischer. Each episode of “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” starts with Amy making…
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The Perfect Summer Meal
At this point, you might have figured out that cooking and sharing meals is a major part of our family dynamic! Mallory and I shared dinner responsibilities last Sunday night – Mallory made the salad and I prepared the steak. Meals are way more enjoyable when you are only responsible for one of the dishes! We sat outside with a glass of rosé and this meal and it felt like we were truly kicking off summer. Now only if our weather would cooperate… Here is what we made for dinner: Mallory is a bit of a couscous salad connoisseur and this Real Simple Spinach Couscous recipe is one of the very best. With minimal ingredients…
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SHE CAN & We Can Do Better Frosé
We spent last week listening and are excited to continue learning and hopefully share a little of the knowledge we gain with you. It seemed appropriate to come back with a new wine recommendation and Frosé recipe from the McBride Sisters – a Black-owned, women-owned, and family-owned company. The first Black Sisters to create and grow a wine company, McBride Sisters is now the largest African-American-owned wine company in the United States. Because the McBride Sisters write far more eloquently than we do, here is what the Sisters have to say about their wine company: When we entered the winemaking business, we knew we would face adversity––breaking into a male-dominated industry as two Black women is NOT…
