Everything bagel chicken

Everything bagel chicken

Food is a love language in our family and always has been. My grandmother, Mom-mom we call her, and I love sharing recipes with each other. Whether it’s new recipes we read about in a magazine or an email, or even a recent discovery in …

Buckwheat sourdough bread

Buckwheat sourdough bread

Sourdough seems to be very trendy lately, and while I’m not usually one to hop aboard a fad train, I do actually enjoy sourdough bread. My good friend, who has celiac disease, started making her own gluten free sourdough and has even graciously baked me …

Noodles with meat sauce

Noodles with meat sauce

Another staple in my house: noodles with meat sauce. I used to make meatballs with pasta for my kids, but I found myself just chopping up the meatballs into tiny, bite-sized pieces for their tiny little mouths anyway, so to save myself the hassle, noodles …

A new take on Mom-mom’s pumpkin pie

A new take on Mom-mom’s pumpkin pie

My grandmother makes the best pumpkin pie. Her scratch-made pie dough is the perfect flaky crust for her creamy, sweet, and wintery spiced custard. And she bakes her famous pie in a well-seasoned, weathered, almost cracked ceramic pie dish that actually has a pumpkin pie …

Almond ricotta lasagna

Almond ricotta lasagna

Baked pasta dishes are some of those classic comfort foods I grew up with. Mom-mom’s lasagna and Grandpa’s baked ziti were holiday staples. Cheesy, ooey, goodness! In fact, lasagna is a Christmas Eve tradition in our family. Mom-mom always makes three or four trays of …

The fourth trimester: postpartum life

The fourth trimester: postpartum life

“The most difficult part of birth is the first year afterwards. It is the year of travail – when the soul of a woman must birth the mother inside her. The emotional labour pains of becoming a mother are far greater than the physical pangs …

A birth story: welcome to the world Eli!

A birth story: welcome to the world Eli!

Elijah Philip Kaewsowatana graced us with his grand entrance into the world two days before his estimated due date on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 7:46 am, measuring just over 18 inches and weighing in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces. We had long awaited …

Third trimester reflections

Third trimester reflections

Although I am almost 8 weeks postpartum, I finally have a minute to catch up on a few things, including my blog post about my third trimester….just to be consistent, since I updated you on my first and second trimesters. With that said, I will …

Second trimester wins and woes

Second trimester wins and woes

I am already into the third trimester! Time is flying by! Sometimes these nine months can seem like they are dragging on, but as I look back and realize where I am today, the past six months have really flown by. I can say that …

First trimester wins and woes

First trimester wins and woes

Prior to even becoming pregnant, I had this master plan for when that day came to eat nothing but the highest quality foods and feed my growing baby all these extra nutritious vitamins and supplements. I would be in-utero Supermom before becoming actual Supermom. I …