by Kate Otterstrom | Oct 26, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals
One of the things that I look most forward to every autumn is the return of winter squash. I grew up on acorn squash but have learned to love butternut, buttercup, delicata, banana, turban, and spaghetti squashes. Recently, upon visiting my favorite u-pick farm...
by Kate Otterstrom | Sep 21, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals
Anchovies seem to be a great divider. You either really like anchovies or you consider them to be at the bottom of the chart of disgustingness (that sounds like something Dr. Lou would say!). I am squarely in the “really like anchovies” camp, and I would like to...
by Kate Otterstrom | Jul 28, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals
I know that soup in the summertime, especially soup eaten OUTSIDE on a summer afternoon, seems counterintuitive. Why would one want to consume something that is notable for warming a person up on a day when the objective would seem to be to keep cool? That was my...
by Kate Otterstrom | May 16, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals, Food
When I was growing up I always was excited when Mom made tacos for dinner. The four of us, Mom, Dad, Kleine, and I, sat at our round kitchen table with little bowls of taco toppings in the center of the table. My first taco memories are of the crunchy, slightly stale,...
by Kate Otterstrom | Apr 13, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals, Food
I’ll be honest, it took a bit of persistence to get my kiddos to appreciate vegetable soup. There was a fair amount of distrust of soup in general because it involved so many things combined together in one entity. And then there was the fact that the vegetables...
by admin | Feb 9, 2023 | 40 Minute Meals, Food
Tuna noodle casserole is not something that sounds very glamorous, and, indeed, it is not, but it is a homey, comfortable dinner that tastes just right. I must admit, tuna noodle casserole never held much appeal to me until recently. I imagined the boxes of noodles...
