Who doesn’t love a good loaf of fresh-baked homemade bread? This recipe comes from The Hay Day Country Market Cookbook, which we picked up at a Cracker Barrel years ago. It’s very much a “farm stand” cookbook, with recipes heavily focused on produce. The recipes also seem to lean just slightly more complicated than I Read More

As I was training for my half-marathons, I discovered Larabars as a great source of clean energy. They have just 3-5 ingredients, and are made with a base of ground dates and some kind of nut. I was a huge fan of the peanut butter cookie and lemon flavors, but not so much a fan Read More

Today is Valentine’s Day. Steve and I get to celebrate it by going to a fertility specialist. Yay. Well, despite that minor setback to the overall V-day romantic mood, we’re making the best of it. We still get to spend the whole day together, since the appointment is in Indy, and we’re going to Seasons Read More

Kale is more than a salad bar decoration, my friend. It makes spankin’ good chips, too. It’s very easy, incredibly good for you (mountains of vitamins), and absolutely delicious. All you need is kale, olive oil, and salt! 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Wash kale, cut out inner stems, and tear into chip-sized pieces. Read More

Steel-cut oats have become a somewhat trendy breakfast food for the health-conscious. Supposedly they are less processed than old-fashioned or instant oatmeal, which eh, might be slightly true, but the nutritional qualities are pretty much the same for all three varieties. Little barley-sized nubbins of oat, they also take longer to cook, but I wanted Read More