by Mary Carver | Mar 22, 2010 | Home Life, recipes & food
Update: From now on, I’m calling this chili “award-winning,” because I gave the recipe to my friend, Christine from I Dream of Clean – and it won first place in her church’s chili cook-off! Woo-hoo! The first day of spring brought sleet...
by Mary Carver | Jan 4, 2010 | Home Life, recipes & food
We had a small gathering for New Year’s Eve: Smitty, my brother and sister-in-law, and Mark and me. It was an exciting night. We spent more time than makes sense trying to figure out exactly what TV show Smitty was talking about when she said, “You know,...
by Mary Carver | Nov 6, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Thanks for visiting Giving Up on Perfect! You can find more recipes at my weekly feature, Monday Morning Mmmm. And don’t miss another post by subscribing! My cousins and I have been exchanging e-mails, figuring out when and where to hold the family holidays this...
by Mary Carver | Oct 12, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Mark is an expert at making baked beans. I can’t say I’m always thrilled about this – or about, you know, the effects of said beans – but I can’t deny that the man has a way with beans. And since I didn’t cook a thing this weekend...
by Mary Carver | Aug 7, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Lately, Annalyn’s response to the question, “How does it taste?” is, “Nummy!” And that is exactly how this new treat should be described: “Nummy!” Maybe even, “Nummy in my tummy.” Then again, that might be silly. Several weeks ago, I signed up for Kraft...
by Mary Carver | Mar 24, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Last Christmas, I suggested that we have Italian for Christmas dinner with Mark’s family instead of the normal turkey and fixings. You know, the same elaborate meal we had (at three different family gatherings) a month before. It’s not that I have anything...
