true love is...

...a chocolate chip cookie or two or three...

i love cooking the things that the people i love love so much.

that love just makes it taste better.

yum.

super saturday chill

Today is just pure relaxation...on the menu: asian noodle bowls with lemongrass broth and pulled chicken...I can't wait to smell it!

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Kids, This week has been a lot of domestic consistency (in a good way :-) and a bit of an all around poopy pants on the social life front.

I had started a blog post the other day about being and feeling unpopular. Yep. at 32 years old it still happens. Isn't that ridiculous? But I think what I have chosen to take away from this week is that everyone feels that way and everyone probably makes someone else feel that way. I have watched it happen in the adult care communities where our grandmother's have lived in similar patterns to watching it happen with my niece Izzy and her 10 year old friends. It never stops. 

But I think the feeling of unpopularity at this stage in life has a lot to do with change. People change. Priorities change. Lifestyles change. etc. etc. etc. I'm in the family stage of my life. I don't derive enjoyment from evenings in bars spending money we don't have on drinks I don't want. I crave for the days of a great buzz and an even better show. But those days are few and far between, aren't they?

I love my friends. I cherish the time we spend together. But I've also had enough therapy to understand that in a group of friends, a large group of female friends, that people will drift in and out as life allows. I try to understand that and have the courage to let people go. There are people we are closer to, there are people who we spend time with for our kids. Each of those relationships is valid and important. But there are inevitably hurt feelings and misunderstandings and it can be widespread. Like a freaking epidemic - it spreads.

I'm heading into next week being grateful for my unpopular days and my ability to gather up the ones I love and say what I need - like it or not.

xoxo

Good Eats

Yesterday was Meatless Monday. We rocked a delicious dinner of artichoke ravioli with peas and tomatoes and a spinach salad with artichokes and goat cheese. More goat cheese, please.

Today I'm making burgers on pita with sweet potato fries. My Birdie loves sweet potato fries...But back to the burgers. I'm doing some lean ground beef with a little bbq sauce for sweetness, salt, pepper and green onions. I love how it smells on my stovetop grill. Yum...

What's your favorite burger recipe? I'd love to hear.

It should be illegal...

I have been in such a delightful mood all weekend. It should be illegal to enjoy the weekend this much. It's delightful, right?

The snow is going from abundance to drip and it is losing it's charm. We stomped up the street in our boots today, but Birdie wasn't into the slop. She'll just enjoy it from the warmth of the indoors. She's my girl.

Happy Sunday! Snack well. Snack often.

baking the day away...

I woke up to more snow so obviously I had no choice but to dig out and head to the store in search of sustenance and baking supplies. Obviously.

Todays choice - thanks to the ever faithful Joy of Cooking - oatmeal choc bars. They were easy to whip up and taste delish. Next time I am going to use salted butter but otherwise...bliss.

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