Being in the beautiful mountains every weekend sure takes a toll on family dinner. Usually I enjoy spending a Sunday afternoon poring over cookbooks, planning meals, and even grocery shopping, but that’s just not happening much these days.
The best thing about feeding people during a Big Game is that they will eat just about anything you put in front of them. Throw down a few bowls of pretzels or Chex Mix, and they’ll be empty in minutes. Aside from the mindless munching, however, people will eventually get hungry for real food.
To help you keep your Dinner Resolution, starting next week I’ll be offering weekly dinner ideas and recipes on the blog, along with a healthy dose of encouragement and some nifty tips for making dinner easier, healthier, and more fun.
Thanksgiving kind of snuck up on me this year. How can that be, you ask? I mean, food and family-dinner fanatics usually don’t space out
Purging a house of 12 years’ worth of stuff and saying good-bye to the familiar — the dog’s favorite spot on the stairs, the kids’ old toys and furniture, the neighbors who have become good friends, and…oh yeah, a functioning kitchen — has been an excruciating and emotionally exhausting process. But it will be worth it.
I know the summer isn’t over, and I hope you all have many more adventures (food related and otherwise) to look forward to. But I wanted to share a few things I discovered that might be of use to you if you happen to be fortunate enough to have access to a beach house any time soon (or a decent fish market).