Category: Parenting

  • Baked Ziti — a Family Favorite: The Champion of My Kitchen 🥇

    Baked Ziti — a Family Favorite: The Champion of My Kitchen 🥇

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    Hello there! Welcome back to the kitchen — or at least, the thoughts spilling out of mine. WordPress.com threw out a writing prompt the other day: “What food would you say is your specialty?” Now, that’s a loaded question. I’ve made some genuinely yummy things in my time, but if I have to name a champion, a true, consistent winner that brings the whole house running, it has to be my baked ziti — a family favorite.

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  • So… I Got Cats (Yes, Really)

    So… I Got Cats (Yes, Really)

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    If you had told me last year that I’d be writing a blog post about my two Persian cats, I would’ve laughed and said, “Wrong guy — I’m a dog person.” Yet here we are, seven months deep into a cat-filled household, and not only am I writing this post… I’m smiling as I do. Say hello to Cinnamon and Sugar, our two triple-coat Persian cats. Yes, they’re fluffy. Yes, they shed like it’s a competitive sport. And yes, I love them. (There. I said it.)

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