by Mary Carver | Jan 7, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
photo © 2009 D. Sharon Pruitt | more info (via: Wylio) Just to be clear: That drumstick in the photo is not one that I cooked. It’s January (did you know?), so we’re back on the budget wagon. This means stern lectures and cash envelopes and a trip to a...
by Mary Carver | Jan 2, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
While I have the misfortune of being born just one week before Christmas, Mark has it even worse. His birthday is four days after the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year, and it’s easy to overlook it. Actually, it’s not easy for me. Knowing what...
by Mary Carver | Dec 13, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
The end of the year is coming up, but the end of my 31st year is coming up even sooner. Since my birthday is on Saturday, I’m going to take a look back at the best parts of my year this week. First up? The food, of course! I thought it was interesting, as I...
by Mary Carver | Dec 2, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
photo © 2009 Jason Lam | more info (via: Wylio) No, I’m not going to share a recipe for an actual turkey wrap. Although, now that I think of it, that’s not a bad idea… Instead of yet another tasty way to use a tortilla, I thought I’d do a...
by Mary Carver | Nov 24, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
photo © 2007 David Goehring | more info (via: Wylio) Lots of our friends travel several hours – or more – to be with family at the holidays. Overnight visits, early morning flights and cranky kids (or husbands) are par for the course. Other people I know...
by Mary Carver | Nov 22, 2010 | Home Life, recipes & food
As we head into the holiday season {or, later, six more weeks of winter}, most of us start craving and making our favorite comfort foods. Heavy, savory, delicious comfort foods. Mmmm… However, while I’m quite a fan of the holiday carbapalooza (Can you say...
