Savvy Eats

Growing up, when it came to special occasion and weekend dinners, my sister and I would take turns choosing the entree. My sister’s favorite was always grilled steak. My dad would mix the meat with some sliced onions, and slather it all with a bunch of mustard. After some time at the grill, he would [...]

There is a beautiful simplicity to the perfect roast chicken. The browned, crispy skin that everyone, even the most health-minded of guests, fights over. The flavorful, meltingly tender meat that hardly even requires a knife, shredding under the pull of a fork. In many kitchens, a chef’s worth is judged largely on their ability to [...]

I didn’t mean to post chorizo recipes two weeks in a row, truly I didn’t. I  meant to post gnudi, little ricotta dumplings in a sauce filled with fresh, springy vegetables. Except when I went to make them on Tuesday, I realized that the ricotta had gone bad. So I made chorizo con papas instead, [...]

Since recommitting myself to pursuing a writing career, I’ve had to find ways to add some structure to my day. In an engineering or other traditional job, I’d have a set start and end time to my day, and assigned projects and deadlines. But working for myself, that isn’t the case. It can be so [...]

There’s been a lot of career turmoil going on in these parts lately. I’ve been pulling back from Savvy Blog Services to spend more time on my writing, only to realize that a career in writing seems terrifying and difficult. I spent a few days in March sitting down with my notebook and pen, coming up with [...]

2013 has been a rough year so far.  One filled with doctor’s appointments and medical procedures, as we try to figure out why I feel so sick all the time. One with anxious waiting for test results and calls from doctors and next steps. New medicines that do nothing but give me terrible insomnia, and [...]

Most weeks, I sit down on Saturday or Sunday to come up with the following week’s menu.  I look through  my list of recipe ideas and everything I’ve bookmarked or Pinned.  I consider what’s in season and what main ingredients we haven’t used recently.  Usually, I’ve exhausted my fresh produce stores from the week before [...]

The day before Thanksgiving, our holiday guests had to cancel on us.  Dan and I really didn’t want to have our huge feast, complete with a 19-pound turkey from Autumn’s Harvest and way too much food for four people, let alone two, alone, so we changed up our plans. Though we have some awesome local friends [...]