Tag: soup

  • Waste Not, Spend Not

    Waste Not, Spend Not

    Since Christmas I’ve been trying to avoid food waste. I made potato soup on the 26th to use up potatoes, carrots and heavy cream that were in danger of being wasted. We all had it for dinner–delicious. On the 28th, I cleaned out the fridge and made apple pie filling with some Gala and McIntosh…

  • Pretty… Pretty Good

    Pretty… Pretty Good

    It’s Christmas Day. I feel… well-rested? At peace? Not overstuffed? Is this for real? I guess this is Christmas when the kids are 13+ and you are really, truly trying to eat less. Feels great! Also, unlike some other years, I didn’t try to do too much. This year was simple, streamlined. Despite, or perhaps…

  • Abandoned Carts

    Abandoned Carts

    Tis the season for filling online shopping carts and then, if you’re me, leaving the tab open on my phone for a couple days or months. Sometimes I intentionally abandon the cart, hoping that the retailer will notice and send me a coupon code. Sometimes the cart holds something that really seemed like a good…

  • Marching Back to School!

    Marching Back to School!

  • Basil in the Bedroom

    Basil in the Bedroom

  • Fifty Bucks: The Breakdown

    Fifty Bucks: The Breakdown

  • Hard Truths & Hot Soups

    Hard Truths & Hot Soups

    January. A time to reflect. When I think about last year, I feel like it was mostly a good year, on the homefront and in the garden. But it was so tight financially, and we didn’t get to travel. I was so busy most of the time, with various projects, that I didn’t even have…