Last Thursday afternoon I packed up my car and drove to Illinois for my niece’s 10th birthday party. Amelia’s been planning this party for at least a year! She had big plans regarding decorations and mini foods and thought that it’d be fun to have me there to help. I love that she wanted mini foods! For the savory goodness, there were mini tacos and toppings, pigs in a blanket, along with hummus and veggies.…
We’ve been wanting fish tacos for weeks. Monday we got them. We even ate outside! We went to Zúmba and got crunchy-messy-delicious fish tacos with chips and salsa. We talked about cake and how we need to buy coffee. Then we went to Lost and Found and tried on leather jackets. (If only we looked like Jamie Hince in them.) Jake perused records* until we went home to hang out with Elliot in the backyard.…
I used to think I didn’t like sweet potatoes. I guess I was thinking of yams … weirdo canned yams topped with pineapple and marshmallows. Bleck. Then I saw a tostada recipe on Two Peas and Their Pod. One that played up the savory side. I gave sweet potatoes another chance, and I’m so glad I did. So now I know these things: sweet potatoes are really pretty, they taste dreamy and they roast up…