Does anything taste more like summer time than lemons? The freshness and the acidity always remind me of warm weather. Now that our weather is in full-fledged summer mode (complete with 90º days, pop-up thunderstorms and lot and lots of sunshine), I’m craving fresh food. …
You know how they say that a first birthday party isn’t really for the baby, it’s for the parents? Yeah, that’s one true statement. We had Canaan’s first birthday party a couple weeks ago. It featured about the least “kid-like” food ever and most of …
It’s a relaxing work-night (you convince yourself), and you’re practicing your adulting by home-cheffing a dish that includes a little green green. You’re thinking local kale or sage from the garden out back, right? Thought so. You hipster. But it seems you have reached an …
Beadboard Confessional Confession: we’re incapable of moving into a house and not renovating something. It’s practically a family tradition. Or a family addiction. I guess we need rehab. Or to rehab another room in our home to get our (non-literal) fix. Our disorder could use …
Memorial Day is coming up and you know what that means: 3 day weekend, lake time, pool hangs, bonfires and of course a big grill out with your loved ones. I LOVE memorial day weekend. Partly because it’s the first official three-day weekend of spring/summer …
The Humble Beginning So we’re adulting with all of our might inside a quaint little apartment in burbtown USA. Aka racial homogeneity land (the worst). Aka Neo Pleasantville pre disruption from Witherspoon.
Do y’all love corn as much as I do? Corn right off the cob transports me to summer, every time. You know my favorite way to eat corn? Mexican street corn style – sweet corn on the cob covered in creamy saucy goodness with the …
The Dilemma You’re in your kitchen, eyeing your built-in recirculating fan underneath your microwave. Sexy. But when you turn up your home cooked cuisine, it seems to better function as a white noise machine than a stovetop exhaust cleaner. Or perhaps you have the upgrade. …
I’ve done Whole30 enough to know that cheese is BY FAR the food group I miss most (… and bread. And ice cream. And sweetness in my coffee. But mostly cheese… ). *Stares into the distance and thinks about cheese*
Round 2: Let’s Get Down to the Nitty Gritty (In 1950s male announcer voice, spoken far too quickly for modern American intelligibility) Previously on The Journey of the Thumb… Austin commits involuntary plantslaughter. Wildlife witnesses prosecute. SeedEaters (aka birds & squirrels & bugs, oh sigh) …
Nutrition For Your Kiddo You want the absolute best possible nutrition for your little one. I know the feeling. I’m a certified nutritionist and self-proclaimed foodie and I STILL have no idea where to find good resources, especially when it comes to mammalian milk and …
I’m not a marinara sauce girl. I know, I know. “It’s classic.” “How do you love pizza and pasta but NOT red sauce?” There are a few exceptions, but for the most part, I would choose an alfredo, olive oil and spices or pesto sauce …
Hi, friend! We’re Liz & Austin Alvarez. Join our wildest adventure yet as we build our little Rez family and build our home sweet Rezidence. It’s like a nutritionist / DIY guy & a design gal / foodie had a baby. Quite literally.
