Sausage Meatballs with Kale and Creamy Polenta

Sausage Meatballs with Kale and Creamy Polenta / Bev Cooks

Siiiiimple simple simple. (also it’s simple.) This is my brand new all-time favorite meal of all time today right now. It may look all fancy face, but in reality, it’s just a plain ol’, delicious cinch to pull together. Three things happen. Let’s discuss. You’re excited, I can tell. You roast tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes. If […]

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Friday Flotsam

Road Trippin' in Arkansas

FRID-EEEEEEEEY. FRID-HEEEEEEY. FRID-HAAAAAAY. friday. Do you think those ear wax candle thingies are a myth? A legend? A hoax? A ripoff? Because, you guys. I cannot hear anymore. My hearing is gone. All gone. Wiped away forever. Between my kids constantly screaming down my eardrums, my dog barking at the mailman and any other speck […]

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Chinese Rice with Beef

Chinese Rice with Beef / Bev Cooks

This recipe is brought to you by – my ENTIRE CHILDHOOD. When I was growing up (IN THE EIGHTIES. I miss the eighties.), my mom have a fine-tuned meal rotation that almost never budged. Monday night was this. Tuesday night was that. Wednesday night was this, plus that. However, one meal in particular that never […]

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Friday Flotsam

Little kids listening for the "big truck!"

fFfFFFFrRrRRRRiIiIIIIdDdDDDDaAaAAAAyYyYYYY. (<-can you find the code?) Omg. OMG. o.m.g. Did you guys ever watch The Jinx? I know, I know – I’m super late to the party. We finally watched it this week. Finished last night. My jaw is still nowhere near my face and it’s starting to look weird. (also, I promise no spoilers […]

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Friday Flotsam

Kids and water drains and shoes

FRILLY DILLY DAY-Y DOO. You know how in your Gmail, when you order something from most online stores, it has that little “Track Package” button in the SUBJECT LINE of the email? And you can just click that handy highway and it takes you directly to UPS or Fedex or Snails ‘R Us or whatever? […]

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Greek Lentil and Tuna Salad

Greek Lentil and Tuna Salad / Bev Cooks

It’s Health Food Thursday! Because that’s a totally real thing that I just made up right now three seconds ago. This is a Greek Lentil and Tuna salad, yewguyz. And I’m kind of flipping out over it. A little while back I was chitty chat chattin’ with you about what you’d like to see more […]

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Lobster Rolls

Lobster Rolls / Bev Cooks

Today I’m 40. FORTY. I have no idea what this is supposed to look or feel like, but I just bought myself a birthday tongue scraper and jogging visor, so I feel this is pretty much on target. (You’re like, “Waaaay too early in the morning for the words tongue scraper, lady.”) Remember when people […]

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