Post Vacation Blues What’s your post-vacation dinner of choice? Usually, our go-to is an order of fajitas or a big batch of spaghetti. We really don’t deviate between those two. Saturday night, it was fajitas delivered to the door after a day that included a water taxi, regular taxi, the most chaotic airport situation I’ve…
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Weekly Meal Plan // March 7-11
The Week Ahead I’m jumping right in today, lots to mention! My husband is in charge of Sunday night dinner, and he’s making fajitas on the grill. I have a feeling he’ll head to one of his favorite spots, La Michoacana Meat Market, and stock up on pre-marinated chicken and carne asada. I’m a fan…
Weekly Meal Plan // February 21-25
It was a cool, wintery long weekend in Texas. We relaxed out at Kitchenette Farm and caught up with my sister-in-law, who was visiting from southern California, and my niece. We showed them some of our favorite local sites, like Ellis Motel, Townsend, Stash and Shop Courtney Barton, and cooked an easy dinner at home….
Weekly Meal Plan // Feb 13-18
Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day Dinners I’m jumping right in tonight because it’s the Super Bowl and we’ve got things to eat and football to watch. Hope you all had a great weekend! SUNDAY Super Bowl! I mentioned our menu in an Instagram post last week, but we finally narrowed it down. BBQ pork ribs,…
Weekly Meal Plan // January 30-February 4
Happy Sunday, everyone! I need to make this fast, even though I want to tell you ALL THE THINGS about a busy weekend. So many senior activities! Newsflash: grad parties start in January in Texas as well as “senior style shows” that make my senior cringe but that are very sweet. Check Instagram stories for…
Weekly Meal Plan // January 23-28
Easy Family Dinners Are What We Need! Does this feel like the longest month there ever was? It sure does. I’m going to get us through our last week of January with an easy (and healthy) meal plan! I had my first “Friday at the Farm” class last week and it pretty much made my…
Weekly Meal Plan // January 16-21
An Easy Weeknight Meal Plan Hi friends! Who else is excited it’s a long weekend? It’s always a shock to the system getting back in gear after a long break, and the last two weeks have felt especially hectic. I seem to have gotten really excited about cooking classes resuming and booked a ton of…
Weekly Meal Plan // January 9-14
Delicious Weeknight Dinners Happy Sunday! Here’s a link to my winter cooking class schedule. I hope you can join me for an online or in-person class. Let’s get to this week’s meal plan! SUNDAY Grilled chicken served with shortcut caesar salad. My oldest also made a batch of focaccia dough yesterday that we’re cooking off….
Weekly Meal Plan // December 20-26
Countdown to Christmas Here we goooooo! Make your lists and check them twice. Advent season is in full swing and it’s starting to feel a little magical. That’s mostly because we just drove for three hours in the snow with Christmas music blaring (well, only for the last five miles, but it sure felt festive)….
Weekly Meal Plan // December 12-18
Busy Days Call for Easy Dinners There’s no time to wax poetic about family dinner. Let’s get right to it, shall we? Hope you all have a great week ahead. SUNDAY Chicken and wild rice soup and a big green salad. I’m making this in the Instant Pot, but you could just as easily make…