I may as well come out and say it: this might be the best recipe I have ever come up with. I mean, these potatoes are unbelievable. They are so good, they don’t need a main dish (but they go great with roast chicken, meatloaf, and anything else mashed potatoes are well-suited for). I’ve been…
When I went to bed last night, the kitchen sink was piled with dishes. I stood looking at those dishes and at the dishwasher, which was in the middle of its drying cycle. Clearly, I wasn’t going to be able to empty the dishwasher, re-load it, and start a new wash cycle right then. So…
It seems Fridays around here are becoming recipe days. I’m not holding to that, though – not going to officially start calling Friday “Recipe Day,” because I know what happens. Things change. But for now, I seem to have a recipe I want to share every Friday, so that’s what I’m going to do. This…
The observance of Lent has been heavy on my mind and heart these last few weeks. What could it do for my relationship with Christ, for my understanding of His sacrifice? Can liturgy take us deeper, or is it just a series of empty rituals? Different people will tell you different things. I have a…
Last week, I hit a wall. I posted about it on Facebook. Here’s a slightly abridged version: “So this is a confession,” I wrote, “Since L was born and I began working from home, I have not been good about doing hair and makeup, getting dressed in something other than yoga pants and a t-shirt,…
I’ve been promising my sister-in-law this recipe for Italian Wedding Soup for weeks. It’s Friday, and this is a perfect Saturday soup or Sunday soup (I tend to like Saturday for soup-making, but I have a cookbook called Sunday Soup, so apparently that is also a thing). My mouth waters just thinking about a pot…