by Mary Carver | May 9, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
A couple weeks ago I decided to make chocolate chip pumpkin bread. It’s really a winter-y food, but it’s also a tasty one, so we tracked down a can of pumpkin and got to cooking. Every other time we made the bread, I used regular chocolate chips, but this...
by Mary Carver | May 4, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Last night, after reuniting with my sadly neglected treadmill, I sat down to write down everything I ate during the day. Nothing about that statement is typical, of course. What is typical? The fact that I ate a burrito for every meal. Okay, I don’t normally eat...
by Mary Carver | May 2, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I know that, this being a Mexican dish, it would make more sense to say “part dos.” But while three years (high school) and three semesters (college) of French classes didn’t exactly leave me fluent en francais, it does mean that out of the foreign...
by Mary Carver | Apr 25, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Easter was late this year, but somehow, it snuck up on me anyway. As I entered Holy Week, I hadn’t organized a single Easter craft for Annalyn, figured out what to wear on Easter Sunday, bought more than one CD for Annalyn’s Easter basket or asked my mom...
by Mary Carver | Apr 18, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Thanks for visiting Giving Up on Perfect! You can find more recipes at my feature, Monday Morning Mmmm. And don’t miss another post by subscribing! One year ago, I spent the weekend before Easter potty training and filing our taxes. Thankfully we’re past...
by Mary Carver | Apr 11, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
About a year and a half ago, I decided to use some bananas well past their prime to make a loaf of banana bread (instead of just tossing them and cursing my wastefulness as usual). I used my mom’s recipe, which I know – from much eating experience –...
