Savoring life in the Berkshires
We’ve definitely eaten dinner every night for the last 2 weeks, but I didn’t create a complete plan beforehand and when I looked at my refrigerator menu plan calendar there were serious gaps. It’s been a decent couple of weeks – this week was February break and my daughter and I made a 2 night…
Despite the best of intentions, here I am posting 4 weeks of menu plans. One might imagine that my 2022 theme would sustain me through posting more than one menu plan on time, but January had other ideas. In addition to wrapping up and starting a new semester within a one week period, my household…
As I mentioned in my 2022 theme word post, I’ve been feeling more organized and like myself recently. It’s very exciting to be posting my first menu plan since school started (oops!) and I’m looking forward to making some meals that are more varied and interesting than what we’ve been eating lately. During the week…
This time last year, I selected the word deliberate as my 2021 theme. Looking back, my thoughts about 2021 aren’t that different from what I want to do in 2022: “I won’t just happen to read more books, or cook new recipes, or have date nights, or not have to work weekends.” My thought a…
As is clear from my lack of menu plans this year, 2021 found me trying fewer new recipes than probably any year in the past decade. We ate a lot of meals that were decided on the way home from work. Macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, pasta and sandwiches were part of the menu rotation…
As promised, I made myself a birthday cake last month. I did choose a recipe from Cake Magic!: Mix & Match Your Way to 100 Amazing Combinations (affiliate link), which has never steered me wrong. Cake Magic follows a formula of cake + syrup which is brushed on the cake after baking + frosting. I opted…
Welcome to September…a week ago! Surprising no one, the start of school has me feeling like I’ve been running a daily marathon without any training. Slowly but surely, I’m getting to know my students and getting into a school routine (which has included forgetting my phone at home twice and my work keys once). And…
Last year, Mighty Food Farm switched to a pre-order system for CSA shares. Each Wednesday, I log onto a website, place my order for the week from the available produce, then pick up my share in Williamstown. I thought I wasn’t going to like preordering items, but it’s nice to know what I’m getting in…
