Every Day: Communicate Work Help Move Relax These are the five “rules” I posted on the fridge in March, in hopes that we could have a little balance in our lives and avoid driving each other crazy in lock down. Recently, I reminded Ben of the daily goals. He chose to see it as a…
Author: Liz
Hot Dogs – Can we be frank?
Hot dogs have always been a favorite of Ben’s, as the following two stories illustrate. The first is a cautionary tale, so skip a few paragraphs if you have a weak stomach. When Ben was about eight, he had just started playing Little League Challenger Baseball, and we were at a team picnic held in…
Finding the Ice Cream
Ben loves ice cream, and he comes by it honestly. Summer Sunday afternoons often mean a family road trip to Eder’s for the best ice cream ever. His favorite flavor fluctuates, but often has something to do with cookies and cream. At home, he used to profess his disdain for vanilla, but once he realized…
Tuna Poke Bowl
Our family loves sushi, so it was only a matter of time before we started making our own poke bowls. For Ben’s Day Wednesday, we swapped in udon noodles with peanut sauce for the sticky rice. To the base of noodles, we added tuna, avocado, mango, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, mint, bang bang sauce, scallions,…
What did your classy neighbors eat tonight?
We had a great meal tonight on our front porch, with carry-out from the Brickhouse. Great choice! If we were a different family – maybe you, or maybe your classy neighbors – we would have savored our delicious meal for more than 12 minutes. Alas, we are not that better family. We were a hungry…
When Life Gives You Lemons – Get Cooking!
Today’s Ben’s Day Wednesday is brought to you by lemons. We found ourselves at the tail end of a grocery cycle, but with careful use of what we had on hand in our fridge, pantry, and freezer, we were able to pull off a pretty good meal. Every dish we made today featured lemons: Caesar…
Remembering Knoebels
This is the day I would have gone with all of Lewisburg’s fifth grade teachers and students to Knoebels for a field trip, so today’s post is a trip down memory lane. When I started teaching fourth grade in Lewisburg in February 1994, we were new to the area, childless, and hadn’t explored much. When…
Sweet Soy-Braised Pork
This week we adapted a recipe from Christopher Kimball’s cookbook, Milk Street Tuesday Nights. These days, we use what we have, and a giant pork shoulder was the meat on offer at Wegmans. I cut off pieces for this recipe before slow-cooking the rest of the pork shoulder to use in various ways throughout the…
Thumbs Up!
I think that one of Ben’s secrets to staying sane and happy when all of the world is on hold, is to reminisce about the people, events and places he loves. Instead of being upset that his Special Olympics swim season is cancelled, he recalls, with great fondness, swim meets of the past, and eagerly…
Shake it Off!
Corona Blues gotcha down? Follow Ben’s lead, and adhere to Taylor Swift’s advice to “Shake it Off!” Ben wanted to play this video from the fall while we cooked tonight. I think his desire to reminisce came from a chance meeting outside (at a safe social distance, of course) with Cate and her parents. We…