Recipes
I Baked a Cake
Not being a baker, I kind of need a reason to do something as challenging as baking a cake. But recently I’ve felt like celebrating — and not just the fact that I have a case of glorious Palisades peaches sitting on my kitchen table, although if you live in Colorado, you know this is a cause for celebration worthy of a cake in and of itself.
Various Things with Walnuts and Lemon
The combination of lemons and walnuts (and a little parm) is going to be good on just about anything. Feel free to dump it over a salad, a pan of fried canned beans, roasted vegetables, artichokes, pasta, and definitely boring baked chicken thighs.
Weirdly Life-Changing Things
I’ve been keeping a list of “life-changing” things for a minute. It was meant to be tongue-in-cheek and kind of silly but also useful. These are things I’ve found or discovered or enjoyed recently that have an outsized effect on my life relative to their price or size (i.e. I’m not talking about the swimming pool in my back yard that I know would be life-changing if I had it, which I do not).
Anything-But-Normal Gazpacho
Gazpacho is one of my current obsessions. But not just any gazpacho. Unlike most gazpacho I’ve tried, this one is rich and velvety and bright orange — and not anything like cold tomato sauce.
Grain-Free Summer Fruit Crisp
If you’ve got something, anything to celebrate — or just want to make some folks happy — try this.
Learning to Love the Air Fryer
Okay so. It’s been a few months. The world has gone bonkers, and I admit I’ve struggled to see where this little family food blog
Dinner During Corona, part 3
How’s everybody doing? Here in the Wallace house, we definitely have good days and bad — actually good hours and bad. I’m thankful for
Dinner Dispatch, part 2
Do you guys think you have covid-19 everyday like I do? Seriously, I wake up in the morning thinking, This sore throat is different than
Dinner During Quarantine
Hi everyone. How are you doing? I have been going back and forth about whether or not to blog during this crazy scary time and
Comfort Food for Uncomfortable Times
Whether we’re worried about someone we know getting sick or being quarantined (like my son who is supposed to be traveling to Asia on a
In Defense of Zucchini: Vegetarian Zucchini Lasagna
When you can eat something that combines zucchini and fresh summer tomatoes? And cheese? Well, I’m here for it.
My Favorite Ski Town Lunch Salad
We’ve kept coming back to the Chop House for the salads, especially the signature salad, which I love so much I miss it during the week and had to try to recreate it.
Spring Vegetable & Chicken Soup, A Delicious Way to Right the Ship
You know things have gone off the rails when your 14-year-old daughter asks you to “shop at the healthy grocery store.”
Tuesday Night Dinner: Farro Risotto with Butternut Squash
That recipe has kinda languished in my archives, even though my love for chewy-yet-creamy “farrotto” has never waned. I guess I was too busy to notice how much I missed it.