She was fearless in a way I didn’t fully appreciate until I was older …

This is my grandmother’s cornbread recipe, halved for smaller households. She made twice this amount in a 12-inch skillet, feeding a family of six plus whoever showed up at dinnertime (which in rural Texas was often neighbors, cousins, or people from church). This version makes …

We skipped a week of planning because of illness and work and it really showed when we wound up flailing for something to eat near the end of the week. We also plowed through our freezer meals and finally wound up ordering pizza for lunch/dinner. …

This weeks meal plan includes lots of soup. I’m in a soup phase and we’ll just have to deal with it! Last week’s Friday dinner didn’t happen as we were deep into planning Saturday’s event. We wound up reheating leftovers and making toasted sandwiches, so …