2022)

At the end of March, I apparently wasn't totally feeling the cooking vibe and definitely didn't have a photo vibe. I have like three food pictures! But I did do a little cooking. This week, I experimented with some protein bars based off a recipe I found on NYT Cooking. I made a few changes, … Continue reading Food Diary Week 104 (3/24-3/30/2022) →

Food Diary Week 94 (1/13-1/19)

This was my second week of my mini-break from cooking. We did a lot of leftovers and a lot of take out again. Okay, it was not a lot of take-out, but more often than I prefer. Like, I know what I put in my food and where the foods come from for the most … Continue reading Food Diary Week 94 (1/13-1/19) →

Food Diary Week 92 (12/30-1/5)

Okay, I've officially decided to stop relating this food diary to Covid. Covid has and is exercising control over too much of life. I'm ready to move on. No, I'm not one of those people who have decided to pretend it's over or not happening, but I need a few spaces where I don't need … Continue reading Food Diary Week 92 (12/30-1/5) →

Thanksgiving 2021

Well, things are a little different again this year. Last year, we had no one over and I made a whole meal and dropped it on my Mel's porch. And I did a google meeting for family and friends and made my husband and I Cornish hens with fixings. This year, we had all three … Continue reading Thanksgiving 2021 →

Covid Life Food Diary Week 91 (12/23-12/29)

So it's New Year's Eve and I'm exhausted. But I wanted to finish out the year's journal so here I am. I apologize if it comes off a little like the ramblings of a lunatic. Kidding. I'll try to be coherent. I still have one other blog post I seriously want to post this year. … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 91 (12/23-12/29) →

Arkansas Phipps Family Thanksgiving 2021

This year, the hubby and I decided to go to Arkansas after Thanksgiving to celebrate with my family. With my dad gone this year, we all just need more time together. We won't be going home for Christmas as none of our schedules would work out for that, so we wanted to make Thanksgiving the … Continue reading Arkansas Phipps Family Thanksgiving 2021 →

Covid Life Food Diary Week 90

NINETY WEEKS! Can you believe all this "covid life" started 90 weeks ago? That is just insane. I remember when the lockdowns started. I remember thinking this was going to be more than the two weeks officials were talking about. But there is no way I could ever have predicted our lives would still be … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 90 →

Cooking for Grief

How do you get over loss? When it's the loss of someone special in your life, I don't know that you do. This holiday season has been an emotional challenge for me. I lost my dad this year and food had kind of become our big thing. We'd talk about recipes or new spice blends … Continue reading Cooking for Grief →

Covid Life Food Diary Week 89

I'm thinking of retitling this food journal yet again in the new year. I don't know. I'll probably sit down and do my review of 2021 and that will inform my decision. I just feel like sometimes we need a fresh start. And I'd really like 2022 not to be a year in a life … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 89 →

Covid Life Food Diary Week 88

As I move into the last month of the year, I think I want to play with the format of this journal string. It feels like it's gotten a little repetitive and I'm just not as excited to write it. So have some patience with me as I experiment with the style. The week of … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 88 →