Friday is pizza night in our house, and this is the homemade pizza dough recipe I keep coming back to. Just six pantry ingredients, the way I actually make it, plus how to get ahead on tired weeks.
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Lochlan is sixteen months old and into everything. Here is the short, honest list of the toddler activities we actually do at home, low energy days included.
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Coziness is not something you buy, it is something you build slowly. Here is how I make our green farmhouse feel warm and lived-in, from the light to the blankets to the pot on the stove.
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The honest, from-the-other-side take on minimalist baby gear: what we actually used every day in our farmhouse, and what quietly gathered dust.
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There's almost always a pot of something going on my stove, and this time of year it's usually bone broth. Here's how I actually make it, the real way, not the pretty version.
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After a few seasons building our garden in Long Grove, here's what actually earns its space in a Midwest garden, what I plant for a second harvest, and what I've stopped fighting.
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What slow living with a baby actually looks like day to day in our farmhouse, the year after Lochlan arrived. Honest and real, not the aspirational version.
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The from-scratch meal prep that actually sticks for me isn't a grid of matching containers. It's building blocks in the fridge, made on a good day, for the days I've got nothing left.
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What a slow living morning routine really looks like with a toddler in the house. No perfect quiet, just a gentler pace, slow coffee, and rest built into the day.
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The short, honest rotation of easy from-scratch dinners we actually eat every week, plus what I cook on low-energy days in our Long Grove farmhouse.
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