Appetizers

Seafood

Cobb Salad

What’s the best part of summer entertaining? I love that meals can be simple – some grilled meat, a bit of salad, a bowl of berries – and everyone is

By Ingredient

Grilled Shrimp Salad

Esme used to say that she wanted to be a chef or a doc­tor. And Ben and I would always tell her that those were skill sets we’d be happy to inte­grate into

Summer

Salmon Dinner Salad

Do you find your­self say­ing things to your kids that you’d choke on if some­one said to you? I mean, I know kids are kids and it’s not always a par­al­lel, but still…

Vegetables

Vegetarian Dumplings

Esme’s been asking for dumplings for dinner for the past month. The child has never seen a dumpling so far as I know. I honestly don’t have a clue where

Lunch

Salmon Cakes

This week might be a bit nuts at SPC. Unlike most times when we’re so buttoned down…. ahem. Barring some kind of natural disaster, we’re moving over to our new

Lunch

Guest Blogger: Lisa, Brittany and Riley Make Pizza Muffins

One of the best things about Scarlett’s expanding social circle, now that she is at an age where she has “friends,” is the friends she brings into my life. Take

By Season

Corn and Black Bean Salad

There’s nothing like corn on the cob from the local farms at my cottage. Really. I didn’t even used to like corn on the cob until I tasted the insanely

By Meal Type

Vegetable Calzones

Perhaps making a recipe that needs a 400 degree oven wasn’t the smartest idea on a day when the temperature outside felt only slightly cooler. But you know what it’s

By Ingredient

Kale Pesto

5:30 am Ceri’s House Julian quietly jabbers and I realize he has slept through the night. Second time this week! Please God let this be the new pattern. I bring