Tales from the Trenches: Recipes & Stories from Family and Friends
Nicole’s Deconstructed Chicken Pot Pie Fingers for the Little Ones {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the latest installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook […]
Melinda’s Tetrazzini Two Ways! {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the latest installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook the […]
Amy’s Indian Food for Her Family {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the latest installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook the […]
Lisa’s Texas Chicken Taco Night! {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the latest installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook the […]
Gina’s Short Ribs Braciole for a New Year’s Resolution {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the 10th installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook the […]
Lily’s Puttanesca-esque Sauce for the Parents {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
This is the 9th installment of my Tales from the Trenches Series. An ongoing series where friends and readers share their stories and recipes about the great food they fit into family life. We all have tips and tricks to share with each other: when we cook, what we cook and how we cook the […]
Kate’s Cruelty-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
I’m lucky to have a great friend like Kate in my life. We first met in high school and then ended up at the same college together. Through the years we’ve had our share of laughter and tears, and now we are both moms to cute little girls. Ever since I’ve known Kate she has […]
Sara’s Whole Wheat Bread for Her Brood {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
Sara and her husband live in St. Paul, Minnesota with their two daughters, ages 6 and 4. When her first daughter was born Sara traded in her days as a social worker to stay at home, and began cooking during naptime. In fact, although the girls are a little older (one of them still naps) […]
John’s Thanksgiving Leftover Pizza {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
John Matthews is a professional chef and stay at home Dad of twins. Though restaurant work is no longer his day job he still cooks and bakes like crazy for his family. Today he is sharing his amazing recipe for Thanksgiving Leftover Pizza, the recipe that the whole family went bananas for when he made […]
Gerri’s Southern Chicken Pileau {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
Gerri is a southern girl through and through. A mom, wife and college student she leads a busy life (to say the least!) but still finds time for great food. Here she shares her recipe for Southern Chicken Pileau and the flood of warm family memories it brings. Having grown up in the deep south, […]
Emily’s Case Against Family Dinner & Veal Stew for Two {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
Emily Paster is a busy woman. This mom of two, wife and part-time law professor lives in Chicago and writes about work-life balance on her blog, West of the Loop. When Emily responded to my query for guest posts she proposed an interesting essay topic: the case against the family dinner with a recipe for […]
Aimee’s Harvest Dinner {Naptime Tales from the Trenches}
Aimee Wimbush-Bourque is the editor of Simple Bites and the well-known blog Under the High Chair. She is also a culinary school graduate and busy mom of two. I never cease to be amazed at her fabulous inventive recipes and the techniques she employs to fit great food into her daily life. Today I invited […]
