I haven’t made pizza dough in over a year. I used to make it all the time, at least once a week like clockwork. I’d pull out the old Betty Crocker Cookbook because, even though I made the dough week after week, I never memorized the recipe. But I liked pulling out that old book. My father-in-law sent it to my husband, along with a half-dozen others, when Adam applied to be a firefighter. He hadn’t been hired yet, but my father-in-law must have had a hunch that he would. Every firefighter needs …
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Home and Thanksgiving
The only time I ever went home for Thanksgiving was in college. I’m not sure it counted since my college was only twenty minutes from home and I stopped by almost every week. But I lived at the dorm and for Thanksgiving weekend, they kicked everyone out. So, I went home – back to my father and his old house, back to my bed. The house wasn’t all that old, but it felt it. It was built in the fifties – a four square that had never been updated. When my father first bought that house, the lady …
Getting Back to Food
It's been about a week now since I took the restrictions off my diet. After the Whole 30 debacle of early January, I stayed off sugar, alcohol, and processed foods for the rest of the month. Even that was rough, but it got easier. I never realized how dependent I was on food as a reward. Having a tough day? Reach for the chocolate chips. A good day? Let's celebrate with wine. Indulgences and treats had slid into the territory of my everyday. I had gotten off track, eating too much processed …
Why I Started Whole30 and Quit (and What I’m Doing Instead)
I read a lot about Whole30 over the summer. I had seen a few folks online do the challenge successfully, not just to give their bodies a chance to reset but also to explore their relationships with gluten, sugar, and dairy, among other things. At the time, I was interested enough to read about it, but not interested enough to try. I like sugar! I like wine! I like gluten! So it wasn't until the calendar turned over that I felt like maybe it was time to give it a shot. If you don't know what …