September 12, 2016,
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Mains
It’s September and that means football, chilly nights and winter vegetables all start to become regular fixtures in our lives. Growing up, I wasn’t a huge fan of Brussel sprouts, but I can tell you the exact day that changed – Thanksgiving 2008. Our oldest son was about 2 years old and although I absolutely…
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September 3, 2016,
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Mains
Growing up in a Russian, Jewish household, the type of meals my mom made were more traditionally Eastern European inspired and did not often resemble the types of food that my friends were eating like burgers or meatloaf (still relieved about that one!). I loved it, and still do, because the meals were hearty and…
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Although I am not at all a morning person, I do make it a point to get up and make a home cooked breakfast as many school mornings as possible for my boys. To me, the act of cooking them something is a way for me to show them how important it is to…
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August 22, 2016,
in
Mains
I’m not going to shock you when I say that weeknight dinners are hard. You’re stressed from your work day, practice schedules, homework (yours and your kids’!) and that huge pile of ‘to do’ things stacking up higher and higher on your countertop. So in our house, we do the best we can to keep…
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This has been one busy week for our family! I’ve been on the road for most of the week for work, the boys had their last week of swim practice and we started a new construction project on the house, digging up a slab of concrete in order to create a half basketball court for…
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