by Mary Carver | May 14, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
A lot of my friends are extremely healthy eaters. I’m not sure the technical term, but I call them “whole foodies.” Or, sometimes, “weirdos.” {I’m kidding. I don’t call you weirdos. Really.} So while I used to think it was...
by Mary Carver | Apr 30, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
Even though I’ve been a part of (in)courage for more than two years and have visited the actual beach house (and have been hearing about (in)RL for months now), it only occurred to me a few weeks ago that my (in)RL meetup should have a beach theme. [And yes,...
by Mary Carver | Apr 23, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
Last weekend we went out of town. We didn’t go far, just drove a few hours south to Springfield for our friend’s son’s first birthday party. We actually got to the party late, missing the cake, the singing and most of the festivities. But we were...
by Mary Carver | Apr 8, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
I made my first ham yesterday. It turns out it’s about as easy as making a turkey. Take out of package, put in pan, cook for hours. I also got to use an electric knife for the first time to carve the thing. It was a big day. Obviously, Easter is about more than...
by Mary Carver | Mar 25, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
Here’s the thing. You can wrap pretty much anything in bacon and cover it in butter and sugar, and it will be good. I know that. You know that. And these green beans? Prove that. Strangely enough, my child – who will eat pretty much any fruit or vegetable...
by Mary Carver | Mar 19, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
I’d had this recipe bookmarked for quite a while. It was just sitting there, in my bookmarks and my memory, waiting for the perfect bring-an-appetizer opportunity. My turn to bring snacks to small group earlier this month was it. As we were standing around my...
