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July calls for simple, fresh dishes and this salad answers! Lemon, Orzo, Arugula Salad: Fresh without being Fussy We just ended our fair week and it’s a relief to be able to turn to recipes that just seem to fall together. This Arugula Orzo salad is a dish that brings flavor and freshness without having […]

Fresh Summer Salad made with Lemon, Orzo, and Arugula

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Lemon Arugula Salad with Almonds

Made with Rhubarb Syrup – a fresh drink that carries through the summer My grandma always had a hot pan of rhubarb crisp cooling on the table this time of year. We’d walk into her kitchen and the smell would already be there—tart and buttery and warm—settling into everything like it belonged. And when we […]

Fresh and Creamy Rhubarb Cooler made with Homemade Rhubarb Syrup

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Rhubarb Cooler

Creating slow, intentional moments this summer I recently heard someone say that if you go to someone’s home and spend your time noticing the dishes in the sink, the dust on the ceiling fan, or the crumbs tucked along the baseboards… you may not yet understand the gift of being welcomed into someone’s life. And […]

Hosting a Meaningful Summer Gathering | 5 Practices for your Get-Togethers

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Table for a summer gathering

The inevitable change. The moment when suddenly your kids aren’t littles running around the house anymore, but teenagers (and soon to be young adults) ready to take their own leap forward. I’m feeling it now more than ever, so come sit with me, friend (you may need to grab a tissue). Today I drove one […]

How Did We Get Here? On Parenting Teens and Letting Go

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Mother and daughter in kitchen

With just 4 ingredients, this Cottage Cheese Brûlée reminds us that some of the tastiest desserts can be both inventive and surprisingly simple. A Different Way to Use Cottage Cheese Cottage cheese is one of our family’s favorite dairy ingredients. It’s the thing I eat standing at the counter, quickly, without much thought. Practical. Protein-packed. […]

Cottage Cheese Brûlée: A Simple Dessert Worth Slowing Down For

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Cottage Cheese Brûlée

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