Author Archive | Bev Weidner

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estate sale / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrurdurdoodoodayday! You guys! I have news. Yesterday when I went to check the weather on my phone, the weather app went into RETRO MODE and it looks exactly like the ’90s. Not that there were apps in the ’90s, but it looked liked TV! The font and the graphics were the exact same. The exact […]

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Monthly Mixtape: Shoegaze and Rain Haze

Monthly Mixtape: Shoegaze and Rain Haze / Bev Cooks

Happy April! It’s our anniversary! 21 years. Don’t tell my jowls about this. We plan to take coffees in the van, make our IRA contributions and hit an estate sale for Easter basket things! SO romantic. (actually my favorite. the estate sale part. and the coffee part.) Speaking of, what are you putting in your […]

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Homemade Parmesan Bagels

Homemade Parmesan Bagels / Bev Cooks

You know how obsessed with these bagels I have been lately. UB-SAYSED. But listen, I took this recipe, put my thing down, flipped it and reversed it, and here we are. Doubled it, added parmesan cheese to some, cinnamon/sugar to some, toasted it to glory and loaded it up with my favorite toppings in the […]

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Creamy Taco Pasta

Creamy Taco Pasta / Bev Cooks

Ohhhhh. Oh hi. Hello. Wow. It’s one pot. It’s pantry staples. It’s like, Hamburger Helper vibes but with taco flavors and you guys, the tears shall flow flow flow. Pony up. We’ll brown some ground beef in either a wide skillet or a soup pot. Both methods work. Add some diced red onion and garlic, […]

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Friday Flotsam

tulips / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrring freak! Sorry, I mean – spring break! I have the lit-e-ral best news ever on the planet to share. Just get ready. Sit down. Stand up. No wait, sit back down. Natalie came to me earlier this week and said, “Mom, I’ve decided it’s time to watch Gilmore Girls. Will you watch with me?” […]

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Friday Flotsam

little kitchen scene / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrieeeeediiiieeeeaaaaayyyyyyaaaahhhhhhh. I’m mildly embarrassed but also obsessed to announce that my family is currently in love with chocolate pudding. As in, boxed chocolate pudding. The little boxes, ya know? Not the little boxes on the hillside made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same. Not those. But the kind of little boxes where […]

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Chicken and Bean Quesadillas

Chicken and Bean Quesadillas / Bev Cooks

Let’s have some quesadillas! (I could always eat quesadillas.) (Always.) This is one of those shortcut dinners where you’ll be praising all the heavens for days. A packet of taco seasoning meets some chicken thighs. A can of refried beans meets a little water and cumin and succumbs to smoothness. A block of Monterrey jack […]

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Friday Flotsam

valentine's kitchen / bev cooks

Frrrrriiiiiiiiiiilanetine’s Fay! (<–sorry) Ya know what’s weird? I forget about figure skating for three and a half years and then the moment I watch again it I remember it’s my favorite thing in the world. In the entire world! Like, since I was a child! And then after the Olympics I forget again. Ha! Don’t […]

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