I love Valentine’s Day. I spent most of my day rolling my eyes at people who were complaining that it’s commercial and trite and of course THEY don’t need ONE Day a year to show their spouse/partner/girlfriend/boyfriend how much they love them because it should be done EVERY DAY. And while I agree with that to a point, sometimes...
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Well the title pretty much sums this all up. I make soups and stews a lot, and often I make what we call “schtoups” – a hybrid somewhere between a super thick stew and a thin, brothy soup. Because we don’t use gluten and I try and remain grain-free whenever possible, I’ve learned some new tricks to thicken stews and...
read moreI wanted tacos (we use big lettuce leafs for the “shell”) so I defrosted some ground beef. But we had no tomatoes. It’s the end of the week and we’re going out for dinner tomorrow and to a party on Saturday so I won’t be doing any major shopping for the house till at least Sunday. Which means I didn’t feel like...
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