Hi, kids!  I promise I’m alive, though barely after all the alcohol I consumed this weekend.  Oy.  Between Parker’s birthday party last weekend (cake post coming soon!), and the holiday this past one, I’ve been one busy chickie.  My grandma took Parker alllll last week, so I figured hey, I’m not responsible for anyone else’s [...]

I’m not fancy. I’m fairly sure everything featured so far has been more than do-able for the home cook. And what could be simpler than Caprese?  Sweet, juicy tomatoes, cool, creamy mozzarella, and that bright, sunny basil.  Really, what could possibly make it better?  Well, ladies and gentlemen, that would be the answer to all [...]

Linguine alla Carbonara
So despite the fact that losing weight is the lamest and most unoriginal New Year’s resolution everrrr, I’m doing my best. (It works out well–I’m pretty lame myself.) So in an effort to lose weight, I’ve been doing my best to eat breakfast everyday. Today I had what I consider to be a [...]