Yummy things

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Yummy things
Random musings on happenings in my kitchen and my life, in Durham, NC


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About me
Hi! I'm Lindsey.

I'm a health educator, like to run at a slow, but steady pace, teach group fitness classes, and do my best to keep up with my family that's spread across the country. In the midst all of that, playing in the kitchen is one of my favorite stress relievers and creative outlets, so this blog chronicles some of my favorite cooking and baking adventures, but in the process it also tells the story of the rest of my life.

Like many people in the Triangle area, I'm a transplant. After spending the first 21 years of my life in the midwest, I've been settled in North Carolina for seven years. One of the things I love most about the area is the diversity of local farms, farmers' markets, and great food, so I follow lots of local food happenings, but I also keep up with my fair share of Midwestern favorites.

If you like what you find here, feel free to drop me a note and email Yummy things. I'd love to hear from all of you out there!
Tue Apr 30

6 months!

I can’t quite believe Ada’s already hit her half birthday (well, as close as she can, since April doesn’t actually have 31 days!).  The swirl of life sure does fly by quickly sometimes.  We certainly have been having loads of fun here.  Some highlights…

We got to meet Kathryn, the second daughter of our friends Meredith and Bryan, when they travelled to North Carolina for a friend’s wedding.  The dads did Ergo duty while we enjoyed a lovely spring brunch at Weaver Street Market. 

Ada learned to sit up on her own - after a few topples!  ;-)

Ada started gnawing on everything and drooling all over to go with it.  No teeth yet though.

Hazel got in on the action too.  :-)

Our old neighbor and friend, Sarahmona, came to visit and helped watch the girls while I ran my first race since Ada came along. I even beat my goal time! Woo hoo!

Ada and I got to see our friend Kathryn in between a year long fellowship in London and a new faculty position in Sterling, Scotland! 

We discovered how cute AND practical pigtails can be and therefore further avoided ever taking this child for a haircut.

We went to Kidzu - the Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill - for the first time in a while and discovered how much more developmentally appropriate the place is for Hazel now.  She had a blast in the market/kitchen area and loved baking these muffins for me. 

My mom came to visit. In addition to lots of good hanging out, she babysat and got both kids to sleep (whereas we usually divide and conquer) while Dan and I went to The Monti Grand StorySLAM.

Dan’s parents came to visit, and a great time was had by all, despite the fact that Hazel isn’t showing it here.  We went to Touch a Truck and took our first ride on the train at the Museum of Life and Science. 

It’s been a good month.  Happy half birthday little one!

Wed Apr 3

Easter weekend

We were lucky enough to have Dan’s cousin, Adam, and his family visit us over the holiday weekend. We had lots of yummy food and family togetherness, and we were thrilled to be able to introduce the babies - Emma and Ada - to each other! 

To begin the festivities, we were the great beneficiaries of Sam and Meghan having Good Friday off and having plenty of time to fix a fantastic dinner - tilapia and asparagus tempura, creamy gyoza with an awesome beet sauce, and a fresh potato salad.  And then we had a truly indulgent dessert of fresh made doughnuts (made from canned biscuit dough!) topped with maple sugar and ice cream.  Yum!

On Saturday, we finally got some of the spring weather that we’ve been craving so much recently.  Although the rain is so useful, it’s hard to beat those Carolina blue skies this time of year.  We took the opportunity to play at the Museum of Life and Science.  Hazel really took to the animals this time, and we all enjoyed trekking out to the”Catch the Wind” exhibit to steer some sailboats. 

Later in the afternoon, we cooked up 3 dozen eggs to dye.  I wasn’t sure whether Hazel would get into dying Easter eggs, but I was definitely into using her as an excuse to revisit the traditional craft.  It turns out Hazel loved it!  Her eggs weren’t necessarily the most beautiful, because she wanted to dye the eggs and then dye them again and then dye them some more!  There’s no way we’ll actually eat up all the eggs, but a couple bucks for some eggs yielding a lunch of egg salad, a few eggs to throw atop a dinner salad, and the fun of it all seemed like a plenty good investment.  I may well do it again without any holiday to celebrate!

On Sunday morning, unfortunately the rain was back, so we weren’t able to do an egg hunt.  But the eggs did make for lovely decorations for our brunch - cinnamon crumbcake, bacon and what’s becoming my trademark spinach, egg and cheese casserole. 

When it was time for our visitors head back to DC, we all had full bellies and lots of good memories.  Other photos of the fun on Flickr.