Middle Eastern Lentil Soup
A good hearty bowl of warm-you-up lentil soup is the perfect cure to the Pacific Northwest’s cold, wet Fall days. The leaves may be beautiful, but the weather is usually wet, windy, and chilly. Its...
View Article3 Months Home: Our Experience Adopting a 13 year Old Boy from Burundi
My husband and I entered the world of parenting via the adoption of a 13 year old boy from Burundi. Our son has been home for about 3 months. We were asked by our adoption agency to write a bit about...
View ArticleRed Kuri Squash Soup with Coconut Milk
Every Saturday morning, my son and I don our backpacks and ride our bikes to the farmers’ market. Our purpose is apples. A specific type of apple from one particular farm stand. Its a perfectly crisp,...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie Round-Up
Nothing says Christmas time like…. ….Christmas cookie baking. ….Christmas cookie decorating. ….And, equally important: Christmas cookie eating… Everyone has a favorite Christmas cookie. And not only...
View ArticleEasy Indian Dal
I love indian food. My husband does not. So I’m not-so-secretly excited by my son’s enthusiasm for Indian food. He’s learning to cook and has been checking out Indian cookbooks from the library. He...
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