When people tell me a recipe is easy, I typically take “easy” with some skepticism. My idea of easy is much simpler than most people. I’ve been known to ruin easy recipes because I typically need an easy recipe when I have no time or patience — it needs to be one to …
April and May were crazy for my family. I am talking holiday season crazy. For a family of homebodies who likes to relax and hang out on the weekends, being out of town all but three weekends in two months is outrageous! I need time at home on the weekends to …
How many times a week do you run your dishwasher? In my house, it feels like everyday — every single day. In reality, it is probably every other day, but either way it is still a lot. I feel like there is a revolving stack of dishes either going into …
Imagine — It’s Saturday morning, you lazily get out of bed place a casserole dish in the oven, pour some coffee, play with the kids, read the paper and enjoy the morning. An hour later, the family enjoys breakfast together. After breakfast dishes are loaded into the dishwasher – without rinsing …
Several years ago, we switched from liquid dish washing detergent to the self-contained capsules with detergent and a rinse agent all in one. But a couple of months ago, from the depths of the under-the-kitchen-sink space I discovered a long abandoned full bottle of liquid detergent. Since I can’t bear to waste anything, I dredged …