by Mary Carver | Jul 3, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I’ve never grown or cooked fresh green beans. But Mark’s mom? She was a gardening and cooking queen – and that included lots and lots of green beans. When she died, she left behind dozens of jars of canned green beans. They were SO good – and...
by Mary Carver | Jun 20, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Over the weekend I discovered a website devoted to top 10 lists. This does not bode well for my level of productivity. One of the lists I read was best food combinations, and as I read it to Mark, he decided to make his own list – of the top 10 ways bacon is...
by Mary Carver | Jun 13, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Today’s recipe comes from Successful…Together, and I tried it as part of The Secret Recipe Club. (Surprise, Angie!) Every month, Amanda assigns bloggers to another cooking blog (or, in my case, blog that happens to post recipes). Our job is to try a recipe...
by Mary Carver | May 30, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Thanks for visiting Giving Up on Perfect! You can find more recipes weekly at Monday Morning Mmmm. And don’t miss another post by subscribing! I like chocolate. I mean, I’m more of a salty person than a sweet person. But if you’re making me choose a...
by Mary Carver | May 22, 2011 | recipes & food
I love Cherry Coke, but I don’t like actual cherries. I also can’t stand cherry-flavored candy. Give me a cherry Starburst, and I will gag. True story. Knowing this, it should come as no surprise that even though I don’t necessarily love sticky,...
by Mary Carver | May 16, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
After a week of attempting to eat low-carb, I can safely say I LOVE CARBS. Okay, I know: big surprise. What I’ve actually learned is that it is possible – and not as difficult as I first thought – to eat well without carbs. Not that I’ve done...
