Chicken with Coconut-Lime Peanut Sauce
I love coconut and I love peanut sauce, which is why this recipe first caught my eye. The recipe looked…
Adoption and gigging
Good morning, my lovely friends! So . . . adoption. Foster care. It's something that's on my heart. No, I'm…
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Guys, I absolutely have to share these. Normally, I share recipes that I make in my own lil' Chicago kitchen.…
Color-coordinating my closet
Hello, my name is Jenna. This is my closet. Oh wait--that's the futon covered in a mess of clothes. Wait…
A season for everything
My coffee this morning is hazelnut, with a splash of creamer. There's a row spindly, naked trees right outside the…
When women come together
As you all know, this past weekend I was on our church's women's retreat. We arrived Friday evening, had an intensive Saturday…
Split Pea Soup
I think this split pea soup is the very soup about which was written: Pea porridge hot, pea porridge cold,…
Back in good graces, and two not-to-be-missed novels
Our library here in Edgewater is being torn down. The projected opening date isn't until some time in 2013, so…
Off on retreat!
It's the weekend, and I'm off to our church's women's retreat! The theme for this year is "Consider your ways,"…
Spicy Tomato Cashew Soup
Let's put it this way: when I saw this post on Joanne's blog, I knew I had to make the…