: salad ingredients (salad/dressing recipe below) : part of E’s lunch, mashed peas and carrots. Not pictured, shredded chicken. : laundry…yup : little girl entertaining herself while Mama gets lunch together. : reclaimed my favorite walking path from those pesky

My favorite breakfast (or lunch) as of late. It’s so quick to whip up and that’s good with the baby around. This is based on Ina Garten’s slow-cooked scrambled eggs that I saw on Food Network. I love Food Network

Zharkoe is a traditional Russian meat and potatoes stew. It’s a hearty dish, perfect for a cold day. We’ve been talking about making a stew this winter, and we finally did, right before the season ended. It was a whole

This Sunday was a quiet one for us. We slept in a little bit and didn’t really have any definite plans for the day. It was a perfect morning for pancakes. I found the little piece of paper that has

We spent a Sunday, a few weeks ago, at my in-laws’ making pelmeni, Russian dumplings. It was a time-consuming dish but enjoyable to make in the company of loved ones on a lazy weekend afternoon. Mama was the brains behind