July 30, 2020 ~ Four years ago this week I stood and watched as my barely one-year-old son was wheeled down a hall away from me and towards the operating room at the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital. Mercifully, the medicine the nurse had given to make him sleepy was already working, and he was as calm and happy as…
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Shepherd’s Pie ranks right at the top for classic comfort food casseroles (or hotdishes like we call them here in the Midwest – if you’re a word nerd like me you can read a bit more here). And for good reason: what’s not to love about a saucy scoop of steaming veggies and beef smothered in fluffy mashed potatoes heaped…
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There is just something about fresh homemade bread that is so comforting. I mean, is there anything more wonderful and homey than the aroma of bread baking in the oven (or bread machine!)? Especially when the bread is extra wholesome like this Honey Flax Wheat Bread. This post contains affiliate links that you may find helpful. when you shop through…
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Mother’s Day. It’s a day that is meant to be special and joyous and everything beautiful and glowing. Or at least that’s the romanticized, Hallmark perfect picture that so many of us women conjure up in our heads. In reality, though, that description often bears little resemblance to our actual experience of the day. Perhaps this Mother’s Day finds you…
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There’s something about this warm chocolate dessert that is both decadent and so comfortingly simple at the same time. I’ve taken this classic dessert that I’ve made for years from a 1970’s edition of the Betty Crocker’s Cookbook (My mom got one of these timeless cookbooks for a wedding gift and I now have my own treasured copy that I…
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