Step 1: Grab a mason jar with a lid. Don’t have one? Go to your local thrift store, or pick up a pack at the grocery store. Step 2: Add your ingredients. The first few times you might want to actually measure them, but after a few tries you will be eyeballing it. Step 3: Shake it up and use on your favorite salad. That’s it! Easy peasy. Wait, wait,…
While in Dallas last weekend, I not only got to get my bliss on, but I also had some good hang out time with my sister. As she was driving me to the airport yesterday, I realized we had failed to take a single photo together. So I pulled out my iPhone and attempted to get a good shot. (Don’t worry Mom, we were at a stop light.) Turns out,…
How do you get a perfect photo of fudge in the glow of Christmas lights? By having a tiny elf hold the mass of strands in the background of your shot. Such a great helper. And a photographer (or frittata-pher as Joe likes to call me) in training. Ask Leila what she wants for Christmas, and she’ll excitedly tell you about a pink princess camera. A real one, not…
Have you ever had fresh beets? Just-pulled-from-the-ground-greens-still-attached beets? If not, you’re missing out. They are tender and sweet, like candy. I know some of you are scoffing right now. Candy?? Really?? Really. Trust me. This time of year you should be able to find beets with the greens still attached at a local farmers market or possibly even the grocery store. The beets for this salad came in our CSA…
Thursday afternoon, I had the privilege of practicing my photography skills on one of the cutest and dearest families I know. We headed to downtown Gilbert to snap a few shots, the first photos they’ve taken as a family of four. We caught some beautiful light, and thanks to my photography class last weekend, I knew how to keep the little guys in focus. Those eyes…those wispy-haired brothers…I melt. After…
I’m not sure why it took me so long to learn how to make a frittata. Maybe I was intimidated by the word “frittata”. It sounds kind of fancy. Or maybe it was because for a long time I didn’t have an oven proof pan. As a newlywed, I learned to cook on a nonstick starter set. As we traveled around the country from baseball town to baseball town…read the…
I’ve decided to go back through some of my earliest recipes and adapt them to my new gluten-free lifestyle. Some of them are easier to tweak than others, like this stuffed acorn squash. My original post was featured on Mint.com’s “7 Vegetarian Meals for $10 or Less” and showcased one of my first stabs at food photography. The recipe didn’t have to be adapted much to make it gluten-free, a…