Kristin Schell
Family Supper Matters Does your cooking ever go in spurts? Mine does. Yesterday, our seventeen-year-old son reminded me that I haven’t been cooking much lately. I could have spewed off all kinds of excuses for how busy we’ve been, but I chose to see the silver-lining: OUR TEENAGE SON REQUESTED MY COOKING! More importantly, he said he missed our family…
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Pasta is the ultimate crowd pleasing dish. What’s not to love about gooey, bubbling cheese, juicy tomato sauce, and perfectly cooked pasta? When you need a simple recipe to feed a crowd or take to a potluck, try our family’s favorite baked ziti casserole. Life’s crazy. My particular brand of cray cray these days? Hungry TEENAGERS. I’m always looking for meals…
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“How do I love my neighbors when I’m an introvert?” This is one of the most frequent questions I’m asked. There’s a general assumption that hospitality is easier for extroverts than it is for introverts. I’m not so sure about that. Even as a card-carrying extrovert there are plenty of challenges to offering hospitality and loving my neighbors. One of…
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I’m thrilled to have Shelly Miller join us today. Shelly is a dear friend, author, and Sabbath keeper. Last fall, Shelly joined me at the Turquoise Table where we chatted about the connection between having a Sabbath heart and practicing the gift of hospitality. Rest and hospitality go hand in hand, but sometimes that can feel counterintuitive. Shelly, who lives in…
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Happy New Year! Here we are — the first Monday of the new year. With all the fa-la-la-la-la behind us, January can feel like a bit of a let down. Like the party’s over, but you still have to get dinner on the table. While everyone’s talking about goals, resolutions, Fitbits and Bullet Journals, I still haven’t de-decked the halls….
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Announcing the cookie of the year. And the winner is . . . ginger doodles! We make a lot of cookies in our house. A lot. Our three daughters love to bake which means there’s always some kind of recipe testing and tasting going on in the kitchen. Ginger doodles have been a favorite all fall. We made these tasty…
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