about SLH
Hi!! I hope you’re hungry because we’ll have no problem being really great friends! Like Julia Child once said, “People who like to eat are always the best kind of people.” She also said something about a gathering without cake is just a meeting. Brilliant, right?
But seriously, you’re here for the food and I’m here to deliver. I’ve been tossing up recipes to this site since 2007 and there’s 900+ of them to make everyone in your house happy. Here’s a just bit of what awaits you:
- easy, family-friendly weeknight meals. most take less than 30 minutes to make!
- desserts! desserts! desserts! really. loads of brownies, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and oh so. much. more.
- more apps, dips, and snacks than your parties and tailgates can handle
- enough brunch ideas to make your head swim for weekends at home
- comfort foods up the wazoo: mac and cheese, cheese burgers, pizza, pot pies, cheesy pasta dinners…get your stretchy pants out!
- plenty of Mexican and Tex-Mex: tacos, enchiladas, fajitas, taquitos, and nachos
- foolproof weeknight meal plans: each with 5 well-balance, family-friendly meals and a phenom dessert
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about tara
coffee addict. maine lover. new englander.
mama to Riley. wifey to Kyle. pup mama to Jackson.
floury mess-maker.
recipe developer. food photographer. creative.
and above all else: always hungry.
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it’s not just about the food.
I call the food I make “unapologetically delicious.” Some of it’s completely sinful. Some of it’s super healthy. Most of it sits somewhere in between. This is how we eat in our house.
Every recipe on this site is made from scratch, using as few packaged ingredients as possible. Yes, I use store-bought things like pasta, peanut butter, and tortilla chips.
But what you won’t find here are recipes using boxed baking mixes, bottled salad dressings, or frozen chicken nuggets. They’re just not my thing.
And now with a toddler in the house, I’m even more committed to making wholesome meals that don’t take forever to cook.
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My philosophy about food is that cooking and baking from scratch, with limited (and pronounceable!) ingredients is just as easy as opening a package and dumping it into a bowl…and that cooking should be fun!
I do happy dances when pulling a fresh loaf of homemade sandwich bread from the oven. And when methodically mixing butter-sugar-eggs-vanilla-flour-salt together for a homemade birthday cake. And when measuring a bunch of spices for homemade Indian food. And when sprinkling mozzarella cheese all over homemade pizza.
It helps that I’ve usually got Alexa playing The Beatles, an 80s or 90s pop station, or country rock in the background!
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But let’s be clear: we have our limits too.
We eat out, order pizza from time-to-time, and indulge in pints of Jeni’s, Talenti, and Ben & Jerry’s.
Because in reality: Kyle and I are a busy couple with a toddler and a super active dog in the house. I’m a full-time food blogger and food photographer, and I run a part-time real estate gig. He runs an electrical contracting business. And sometimes, the dishes are just TOO MUCH to handle.
Life is crazy and there needs to be some balance!
What I want you to take from SLH – aside from a napkin to wipe up the drool – is that you CAN make this food in your kitchen and have a blast doing it! Whether it’s with your kids, BFFs, parents, or loves, I want to help you make cooking and baking a part of your life because it really is the BEST way to bring people together.
