Thanksgiving Edition, Part II
Welcome back to Thanksgiving week on Red, Round, or Green! On Monday night I shared two new easy recipes that are still impressive enough to kick off your Thanksgiving meal. Tonight, it’s cold and...
View ArticleMonday Menus: Thanksgiving Edition, Part III
In the past two installments of our Thanksgiving Edition, I’ve neglected to do one very important thing. I’ve neglected, entirely, to share any vegetables with you (unless you count the sweet potato...
View ArticleHelp for the Holidays: More Joy, Less Stress is Back!
Good morning! It’s a Friday in October and it’s not even Halloween. Heck, right now it’s not even cold in New England – we’re at the end of a four-day heat wave that has me opening windows and donning...
View ArticleNovember 2014 Meal Plan: Getting Cozy
As my 8-year-old son L. would say, “I cannot…not…NOT…believe” that it is November already. There is something so special about this time of year. I know that sounds trite and a bit like I’m stating the...
View ArticleNovember 2015 Meal Plan, AKA That Time My Freezer Saved My….
…You fill in the blank! So it’s November, obviously, and I’m late posting this, obviously, and I basically never post anymore. Obviously. Sorry about that. I’m super, super trying to get better about...
View ArticleThe Best Thanksgiving Leftover Meal I’ve Made
It wasn’t turkey. It wasn’t stuffing. It had nothing to do with mashed potatoes or squash. But this is definitely the best meal I’ve made in a long time using Thanksgiving leftovers — and it was just a...
View ArticleNovember 2017 Meal Plan: Staying One Step Ahead
This month, even more than in past years, I’ve got to stay one step ahead of myself. Or more. Because the next few weeks are…well, yikes. I’ve got a big concert to sing with my choral group, an...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Thanksgiving, or Why I Hacked a Turkey in Half
Thanksgiving is four days away and I just spent fifteen minutes hacking my turkey in half. I promise I have not gone completely mad. (OK, maybe I can’t confidently promise that, but if I have, the...
View ArticleNovember 2018 Meal Plan: Approaching Anniversary
Thanksgiving 2017 was the last time I ever spoke to my mother. She unexpectedly went into the hospital a few days before the holiday, and she never came home. Sorry to start a meal plan with such a...
View ArticleNovember 2019 Meal Plan: I Changed This So Many Times Even I’m Confused
Oh, sure, I’m super organized. I meal plan a month at a time, and since I carry my spiral notebook everywhere I go (and spend lots of time waiting around for kids to finish up activities), I generally...
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