On this Memorial Day, I just want to say thank you to our men and women in uniform. I've had a fresh glimpse of the sacrifices you make, and I'm both humbled and grateful. We don't tell you often enough how much you mean to us. His name was Lou, but everyone on our listserver called him LocoLou. And he was all right with that ... liked it, in fact. I never met him, never spoke with him by phone, never saw a picture. But I can see and hear Lou in my mind nonetheless. His voice is low and ... continue reading...
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Breakfast Burritos x 2
So a friend texted me a few weeks ago with a question. "Where in Marysville can I get a good breakfast burrito?" Jay asked. Sweet, naive California-transplant ... The only place in Marysville, Washington where you can just pull up and order a breakfast burrito is the same place where you can pull up and order a Big Mac. Do you really want that? But he planted a seed. I hadn't made breakfast burritos in a long, long time ... and for no good reason. So right after he called, I looked in the ... continue reading...
Haven
Something I wrote about six years ago for Dave, and shared last night during my teaching on Proverbs 31. Just a reminder that our homes should be a place of respite; a refuge in which weapons are dropped and the wounds of a day are healed. He's home. Watching him walk toward the house, I can tell instantly what kind of day he's had. Once again, it's been a battle. I don't yet know the what's or who's, but I know he's been out there with that shield again, deflecting barbs and blows, trying to ... continue reading...
Cottage Pie
It makes me so happy when leftovers become the star of a new dish. That's what you're looking at right here: the second life of a big pile of potatoes. For some reason, we did not eat the ten pounds I had anticipated when I made salmon and garlic mashed potatoes the other night. So when I was batch cooking all that hamburger Wednesday, and I opened the fridge and saw that mound of potatoes staring accusingly at me, the two came together in a serendipitously chocolate-meets-peanut butter ... continue reading...
Cinnamon Browned-Butter Pull-Apart Loaf
Did you hear that big noise yesterday morning? That was the explosion in my kitchen. I don't know what got into me, but I went into a cooking/baking frenzy pretty much the moment my feet hit the floor. Let's not question it. Let's just eat the results. I had been wanting to experiment with this Pull-Apart bread for awhile now but couldn't get a whole morning to myself till yesterday. So the second I woke up, I started the dough. And then while standing there watching it rise, it occurred to me ... continue reading...
Kale Chips
We're about to make Kale Chips. Go ahead and laugh if you want to ... and you know you want to. I'll wait. tick ... tick ... tick ... tick. Got that out of your system? Good. Now, prepared to be wowed. My sweet friend, Sherri Youngward, turned me on to these. I love Sherri way too much to laugh at her, but when she suggested I try one, I did kind of go "ew" inside. But I took the chip she handed me and ate it dutifully, and I was hooked on the spot. There's nothing not to love about these. ... continue reading...