Cooking Freezer Meals Before the Baby Arrives

Though it feels incredibly hard to believe, our little bundle of joy is due in a mere five weeks. I’m ready for her to get here already. This last month of pregnancy is no joke and I’m ready to be done. However, there are still things to do to prepare and she’s still got aContinue reading “Cooking Freezer Meals Before the Baby Arrives”

Cooking with Door-to-Door Organics

For months now, I’ve been clicking and poking around the internet in search of some form of Community Supported Agriculture that might carry us through our one and only winter in Kansas. I’ve tried every thing but found nothing until the week after I finally resigned myself to ordering Door to Door Organics. Only then, in theContinue reading “Cooking with Door-to-Door Organics”

Cooking for the Family, Again

In less than two weeks, worship will end and I’ll hop in my car and drive off into the cornfields. After way too long apart, Nigel and I will be together again. All will be well. Alleluia. Alleluia. Before then, there are still a few adventures to be had in the kitchen and beyond. Corey is aContinue reading “Cooking for the Family, Again”

Cooking for the Family

It’s been almost two months since I got married. I went on an epic two-week honeymoon and then came back to our house only to prepare the movers. We prepared as best we could in twenty four hours. I preached a sermon in there too, and then the movers arrived. We had the worst possibleContinue reading “Cooking for the Family”

The Stewardship of Eating

I have met people – ok, just one person comes to mind – who don’t like to eat. I am not one of those people. Food is to be savor end and enjoyed. It inspires conversation and gives space at the table for connection. I don’t understand what is not to be enjoyed any betterContinue reading “The Stewardship of Eating”

Monday Menu Planning

With my cookbooks piled around me, Mondays are often the day when I begin to think about what we’ll eat this week. I think about food ALL OF THE TIME but Monday is usually the day where I make lists and choose recipes. Earlier this fall, my beloved and I did a six-week detox. We were introducedContinue reading “Monday Menu Planning”