Sometimes lunch is really lame. I, being the delightful face of domesticity in our home, pack Eric’s lunch every morning. Sometimes, it’s a batch of some wonderful dinner leftovers. Sometimes, it’s something I’ve made specially for lunches. But most of the time, it’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or something equally boring. But Eric…
gwyneth’s pizza crust.
Back when I was a youngin’, I always requested pizza for my birthday slumber parties. Just a bunch of elementary school girls sitting around the dining room table, eating pepperoni pizza and debating which Hanson brother was the best (Team Zac, by the way). It doesn’t get much better than that. Now that I’m a…
spring salad with roasted asparagus, shallots, and feta.
It has been far too long since we’ve shared any recipes around here. It could be because we scarf our food down so quickly that I never think to take a photo. We’re working on slowing down a little. Hopefully summer will help with that. We’ve also been trying to increase our veggie intake as…
azteca salad.
Some days you just need a win. Like today, when the super simple bread recipe didn’t rise (darn you, Pinterest, for getting my hopes up for some no knead, no effort bread). And when the fabric paint washed out of my art project when I put it in the washer (even though fabric paint is…
apple gruyere panini.
Have I ever expressed to you how much I love our panini press? It is one of my favorite appliances of all time. When you own a panini maker, it’s like you’re eating at Panera every day. We go through phases where we use this brilliant piece of machinery every day. And then it finally…
spinach quesadillas.
First of all, I want you to know that I’m typing this post on an iPad. Just typing that sentence broke the record for the most words I’ve ever typed on this thing. Call me old school, but I really enjoy the click of the keys on my laptop. You can also call me old…
shrimp tacos.
Happy Monday, folks. I’m pleased to report that the sun is shining on this Monday afternoon in Lexington. After a weekend where I’m not sure the sun even rose, blue skies are a welcome reward, even if they had to come along with the first day of the work week. So let’s jump back to…
shrimp etouffee.
Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! Way up here in Kentucky (sometimes referred to as the “northernmost tip of the south”), Mardi Gras isn’t really a big deal. Yes, Bourbon n’ Toulouse has a huge crawfish boil (700 pounds of crawfish! What?!), but I’d say that’s pretty much the extent of the celebration around here. One of…
butternut squash risotto.
I’ve always heard that risotto is a really complicated dish to make because you can’t leave the rice unattended for a second. I guess this is true, but aside from about 25 minutes of constant stirring, this very Autumn dish was quite simple and delicious. Plus, it only uses five ingredients (six, if you count…
fajitas for two (or four, or six).
I figured it was about time to share a recipe for a weekly staple in the Ringer household. Fajitas. Steak fajita bowls, to be exact. Eric told me recently that this is his new favorite meal, which is great because it’s super easy and is a great way to get some veggies into our bellies….
pasta with asparagus and pecorino cheese.
Our half-marathon is 7 weeks from Saturday. Back when we first signed up for the Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon, both Eric and I were super excited to start training. We searched for the perfect training plans that would get us in great shape to easily run 13.1 miles. We were even cross-training, fighting the…
veggie pesto panini.
March Madness has arrived. And with it comes the rise in Eric’s blood pressure. My goodness. Yesterday’s games were a little much, even for me. I’m generally not a huge basketball fan, especially since my favorite UK player (Perry!) graduated last year. But Eric convinced me that I should make a bracket this year, so…
stuffed bell peppers.
It’s only Tuesday, and this week has already been full of new recipes, which will all hopefully be blogged soon! I had half of the day off yesterday, so I spent about 5 hours in the kitchen (which, in our studio apartment, is also technically the living room, dining room, and bedroom). After a weekend…
chicken chili.
Hello, there! Today brought the glorious joy of temperatures above 45 degrees, which pretty much feels like summer these days. Seriously, I saw people walking to class in shorts and flip-flops. But of course, with any warm day in winter comes some sort of precipitation and drastic temperature dives. So now it’s a bit of…