Minimalism. Mindfulness. Munchies.
Family dinner was a big deal in my family when I was growing up. No matter how busy we all were, no matter what else was going on in our lives, whoever was home sat down and ate together for dinner. Even when my mother was on the road as a sales rep, my...
As I mentioned on Monday, last week I held a dinner party at my home to show off my new cooking chops after taking a series of culinary classes at amazing establishments all around Boulder County. My second class—and main course—was a pasta and gnocchi-making class from the amazing Michael Drazsnzak, executive chef at Colterra...
Last Friday night I hosted a small dinner party for three of my closest foodie friends. The “theme” of this party was based on a series of culinary classes I had the great fortune to take for my June column for Yellow Scene. Here’s a photo of the table all laid out and ready...
A former coworker sent me a message on Facebook recently, saying that she’d heard from a mutual friend that I “had it all together” when it came to finding a work/life balance as a work-from-home mom, and she wanted to chat about how I do it. I nearly spit my coffee out all over...
Oh my friends, my friends. Have I got an awesome freebie for you today! It’s part tip, part technique, part resource, all rolled up into one! It’s: The Meat Sheet. (Click here to download the PDF.) Just in time for Father’s Day (cos we all know the Dads tend to like their meat) and...
I waited until Mother’s Day to plant my garden, but every weekend since then, it’s been rainy here! Here’s hoping this weekend I can get some tomatoes and peppers in the ground. In the meantime, I talked with the owners of Personal Family Farmers, a cool, family-owned Colorado company that builds raised-bed gardens for...
May has five weeks this year. Some of you who are more on the ball than I am may have noticed that a while ago, but I only noticed it when I was wondering why my grocery money was so scarce for this week. Turns out, I needed to make the same amount of...
OMG! I’m so excited! It’s my first-ever VIDEO BLOG! When I was writing my e-book, The Ultimate Guide to Eating Organic on a Budget, I included some of my favorite DIY recipes for things like crock pot beans, easy tomato sauce, and sandwich bread. It took me years—literally, years—to figure out the techniques and...
I’ve been a little MIA over the last few days because we were busy celebrating my little one’s first birthday! I chose a circus theme for the party because her room is decorated with a circus theme.
I was a little hesitant to post this tip, because I thought I was the only crazy person who did this—until I attended a cooking class at a fancy local restaurant recently and saw that they do the EXACT SAME THING: Use blue painter’s tape to label your leftovers, freezer containers, and jars of...