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Homemade Baby Food

July 14, 2012

Time has flown, and in just a few more weeks, our sweet Elijah will be halfway to his first birthday. What a joy this boy is with his wide grin and bright eyes and snuggly disposition. Markedly different from his reserved sister, he is tenacious, active, and…hungry. We started solid food as a trial last week, and it was instantly a hit. The first day he ate half a cup of pureed sweet potatoes, then just a few days later, an entire mashed banana was consumed in a single sitting. With Eowyn, we relied heavily on store-bought baby food, mostly …

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Fresh Greek Pizza with Homemade Tzatziki

January 15, 2012

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been five years since Dan and I took our first trip over the Cascade Mountains to the Bavarian village of Leavenworth. It was the first autumn that we lived in Washington, just a few months after our wedding, and while we were curious to see what this little tourist town had to offer, we were mostly interested in seeing the beautiful fall foliage that lined the highway to our destination. The western side of the state is dominated by evergreen trees, and we were craving the reds, oranges, and yellows that we had …

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Beef Nachos with Homemade Pico de Gallo and Guacamole

January 11, 2012

It didn’t occur throughout the whole of my childhood, but there was a season during my middle school years that my family spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights at home, watching movies and cooking up a variety of homemade treats. Sometimes it was my mom’s amazing caramel popcorn that made an appearance; other times, we would gather around the table for a glass of “Tropical Blood,” a smoothie concoction made with frozen berries and 7-Up and topped with Cool Whip. Still, on other occasions, we would make homemade nachos. Filling and delicious, there wasn’t anything earth-shattering about these …

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