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Chicken Parmesan Soup
Thick, Hearty Slow Cooker Soup Hey, y’all! Baseball season means that it’s slow cooker season, the time of year when meals need to be fully cooked and waiting when we arrive home from practice and games. I’ve seen some recipes for chicken parmesan soup online, but as usual, I have my own version. I start […] Read More
Another Mother Runner Post
Another Look at Another Mother Runner I think we’ve probably established that I’m really, really excited to be a part of Tales from Another Mother Runner, right? Well, let me tell you: it’s even more exciting when you actually have a copy of the book in your own hand.* (It is for me, anyway.) Can […] Read More
I’m Another Mother Runner
Contributor to Tales From Another Mother Runner You guys, I’ve been really quiet about this because… well, it didn’t exactly seem real. But on Tuesday, I’ll officially be published in the latest Another Mother Runner book, Tales From Another Mother Runner. And can I also say that this was the hardest gig I’ve ever had? […] Read More
Blue Apron Follow-Up
A Review of the Meal Service Earlier this year, I gave a review of my first week with Blue Apron, a service that delivers recipes and precisely measured ingredients to your home. Since then, we’ve done several more weeks with the service, and I have mixed feelings about the process. The Pros No meal planning. I don’t […] Read More
Salad in a Jar
Eliminate the Lunchtime Guesswork I hate dealing with lunch. Hate it. I work from a home office, and I don’t have anyone to drag me away from my desk for a social lunchtime event. I never want to prepare a proper meal (more dishes? no thanks) and sometimes I’ve spent all of my food-related interest on […] Read More
Becoming a Runner
Surprising Myself Since the start of the year, I’ve been meeting Team in Training alumni for a regularly-scheduled run through the hilly vineyards. Most people on the distribution list are gearing up for a half marathon at the end of March. I’m just doing a 10k training program through Another Mother Runner, so my scheduled […] Read More
Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese
Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should We’ve entered what I semi-affectionately call slow cooker season. This is the time of year where baseball begins and we get home late two to three nights a week. I live and die by my slow cooker, a Crock Pot programmable model (see a screen shot of a […] Read More
Pilates with Gini
Long-Distance Pilates I stopped seeing a Pilates instructor who was 20 miles away and now I do Pilates with a trainer who’s 350 miles away. Wait, what? See, I’d been with my same Pilates instructor — Mercy at Apex Pilates — since 2001. But it’s been a solid decade since I lived anywhere near her […] Read More
Indian Lentils
Making Indian Lentils in the Pressure Cooker The Husband has always been a big fan of pressure cookers. I, on the other hand, regard them with a healthy level of fear, not entirely sure if the thing is going to blow and kill me. Plus, being able to cook foods in such short periods of […] Read More
Going Gray
Ready or Not, I’m Going Gray I found my first gray hair shortly after my 16th birthday. I was getting ready to out on a date — one of only a handful in my high school years — and there it was: bright silver and glistening in the light, starkly obvious against my dark brown […] Read More