…elephant, elbow, elf, eagle, mail…  (Okay, not mail, but that’s what all my three year olds say when I hold up a flashcard with a picture of an envelope.)  And most importantly, E is for egg.  Which is what’s for breakfast and/or dinner at least three days a week.

Szechwan Carrot Soup
I eat a LOT of soup.  They’re so simple to make, so full of flavor, and they last a good part of the week for me to pack up for work.  Plus they’re cheap to make.  This one in particular is a great way to use up that two pound bag of carrots [...]

For reals you guys, I gotta knock it off with the cheeseburgers.  And while they certainly may be good for the soul, it’s almost March.  Which means bathing suits.  Ugh.  So I’m doing my best to get back into healthy eating.  Again.  The half box of chocolates, doughnut, Cheetos, cupcake, caramel Kisses, Fun-Sized Krackels, chocolate [...]

So what to do with a glut of homemade cavatelli?  Why this, of course.  Fresh veggies, even fresher pasta, and a shower of parmigiano?  Sign me up.  (Okay, so some of the veggies were frozen.  Sue me.)  While I made a few swap-outs (cavatelli for the gnocchi, for one) and altogether omissions, and my pan [...]

Overcome by a sudden tug of domesticity, I decided stay in tonight to clean my room, the bathroom, AND cook! (And by tug of domesticity I mean I didn’t have any money left for the bar after diapers and new socks, since those damn toddlers socks are teeny and inevitably end up lost in the [...]