What to cook for the new nest.
I’ve always hated the term empty-nest, it has such a sad connotation, as if I’m a sad bird sitting in an empty nest. There is great and abundant joy in seeing your children head into the world with their heads up and their eyes bright. Despite the fact that we are living through a global pandemic, we have been thoroughly enjoying our new chapter. Our time is ours, our pace and schedule are of our making, and there is SO much less laundry to do! We are fortunate to live near both of our daughters as they pop in for a visit fairly regularly.
I’ve spent most of my adult life cooking professionally, teaching people how to cook for their families, and cooking for people, lots and lots of people. My first paid cooking job while I was in grad school was cooking for a family, I went on to work for Martha Stewart, was hired as a private chef for another family, and when we started our family, I created Time to Eat! to teach busy parents how to make easy and healthy meals for their families. After doing that for almost 10 years, 2 cookbooks and a bevy of television segments later, I decided I needed a change. I worked for a caterers for the next 5 years and we did parties, big parties and lots of them! Our girls are both in college now and I find that while I still love to cook, everything about cooking for 2 (or often times 1) feels different. From the way I market, I buy much less food a little more frequently, to how much food I prepare ( I don’t love leftovers for much more than 1 day), it is a new chapter, a readjustment that I am enjoying. This blog is dedicated to that.
