A Healthy Slice of Life

I’ve really been enjoying summer dinners this year. Our days are full, but the evenings feel a little less rushed, which means I’ve had more time to cook, experiment, and build meals around whatever is fresh. And with the kids at these ages, it doesn’t matter quite as much whether dinner is ready at 6:00 PM or 7:30 PM. Plus, the garden produce—especially the tomatoes—has bee...

There are some recipes that are about so much more than the food itself, and this is one of them. While I (and my brother) would declare this THE BEST PICKLE RECIPE EVER, I don’t know if that’s more because of the taste or the tradition.

As kids, and as adults, ac...

I was thinking about this yesterday. Sometimes late July and August tend to feel stagnant when the heat and humidity is ever-present. So I made a list of a few things that I notice always instantly make me feel better.

Because sometimes we don’t need a complete life overhaul. Sometimes we just need one small thing that makes us feel a little lighter, more energize...

I declared this the summer of pickles.

I wanted to learn as much as I could, which apparently meant planting multiple kinds of cucumbers, making batch after batch of pickles, and conducting more crispness experiments than any normal person probably should.

I planted pickling cucumbers, slicing cucumbers, and gherkins. The gherkins have been incredibly pro...

How amazing is it that such America’s big 250th birthday landed on a weekend?? In true July fashion, it was hot as can be, but it ended up being one of my favorite 4ths yet!

We kicked things off on Friday the 3rd with a day at the lake. I get asked sometimes if I miss living on the lake, with some people wondering why we’d ever leave. And I have a secret to spill… ...