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I’ve been thinking a lot about writing a meal planning post, but it has taken me months to get around to it. Honestly, it just seemed overwhelming and a bit of a categorical nightmare. How could I explain concisely the steps we take to save money? save time? and still feast? Because how that happens [...]

In Chinese, it is written 三杯雞, and pronounced “San Bei Ji” (San = three, Bei = cup, Ji = Chicken). Asian food can seem intimidating to make, but many fragrant dishes are really easy as long as you have the right seasonings on hand.  This is one of my favorite weekday meals because the ingredients [...]

Let me just start by saying, I love Korean food.  I grew up eating rice, pickled radish, seaweed, a variety of spicy stews, glass noodles, all of it!  My husband, the real “chef” in the family, often jokes that I should cook more Korean food since I enjoy eating it so much, and I use [...]

I don’t enjoy cooking. I discovered a few summers ago that I can in fact cook; I was convinced for years that I would burn down the kitchen if I attempted to do anything more than boil water or turn on the oven.  Not being a foodie in any sense I find the entire process [...]

This post comes to you courtesy of the comfort that is warm milk fat. Let’s start with a snack, shall we? When Ashley over at Edible Perspective made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the waffle maker, I knew I wanted to do something similar except with a grilled cheese instead. Sometimes when I [...]

Meal time can often be a bit disastrous for our family.  What can I say — it’s a work in progress.  I have tried many different tricks to get them to behave at the table.  One of our most successful tricks has been to get them excited about the meal.  Sometimes I give them the [...]

I was inspired by Mrs. Sketchbook’s stuffed avocados on her last food post to create this dish!  I love quinoa, and since Baby Checkers loves it too I am always thinking of new ways to infuse it into meals (usually dinner since it is really the only meal for which I am home to cook during the [...]