Even though our family is busy pretty much all year round, for some reason I always feel busier during the summer – which means that meals and cooking kind of take a back seat some nights! Honestly, I love a good quick and easy meal no matter what the season, but there is just something […]
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Since M’s arrival, one of the most dramatic shifts in our daily schedule has been to our meal planning approach. The casual decision over what to eat has given way to whatever is easiest and most efficient. Needless to say, we enjoy a fair bit of take-out. While we’ve tried subscription meal services such as […]
I may be more than a little late to the game, but I am FINALLY the proud owner of a slow cooker. For a long time, I felt like I couldn’t justify the real estate it would take up in the kitchen, especially since I was usually home throughout the day and could easily pop […]
I’ve done eggplant “lasagna” in the oven before with marinara and cheese, and it’s been decent. But this, this is truly amazing, and will even impress those who don’t like eggplant. I promise! I have a crock pot cooking confession – I’m not a fan of using sodium-laden cans of soup, but this method makes up so […]
Now that we have two young kids, the evenings are a crazy time of day! Little Piñata is often cranky as it gets close to dinner time, and if it’s near a feeding for Sweet P and Mr. Piñata hasn’t come home from work yet, getting dinner together can be quite a challenge! This is […]
Now that I’m back at work, I’m trying to use the slow cooker more. My daughter can have something wholesome for dinner, and I have something piping hot and ready to eat when I come home, not to mention leftovers for a few more days. I’ve really enjoyed the recipes in Julie Kaufmann’s book, Not […]
Making (and eating) chili is one of my favorite things about winter. Not only is it ridiculously easy to throw everything in the crockpot in the morning, but it makes a ton of food on the cheap, and it tastes so good! We recently made a batch of chili, and when I was about to […]
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