by Mary Carver | Oct 10, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I’ve mentioned a time or twenty that I love brownies made from a box mix. And though I’ve been making more and more food from scratch over the past year, this is one thing I refuse to budge on. Box mix brownies are simply delicious. However, I’m not...
by Mary Carver | Oct 3, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Sometimes it’s really hard to get a good photo of a dish – even when the dish turned out perfectly! This is one of those dishes. I’ve made it twice now – and taken photos twice. And I probably would have tried a third time before posting, but I...
by Mary Carver | Sep 25, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Annalyn came home from preschool on Thursday, excited to tell me that, “Tomorrow is the first day of fall!” I know why I’m excited (cooler temperatures, colorful, crunchy leaves, jeans and boots), but I wasn’t sure why she was so worked up. I...
by Mary Carver | Sep 18, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
My friends Josh and Brittany moved away earlier this year, and I miss them so much. Shortly after we said goodbye, I tried to bribe them to move back (yes, I am that selfish) with the promise of a new recipe using green chiles, one of Josh’s favorites. It...
by Mary Carver | Sep 11, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, 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! You know a new recipe has turned out well when your brother-in-law says, “Did you make this from a box? You...
by Mary Carver | Sep 5, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
It’s here! It’s finally here! Fall is my favorite season, and I am oh-so-very-happy that it is finally here. In honor of that, I’m hitting the stores to stock up on canned pumpkin immediately. And I’m pinning and bookmarking fall-ish recipes...