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The Raw and The Cooked

Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living

WHAT WE ATE THIS WEEK #12

I’m teaching a cooking class on Thursday — ‘The Casserole Comeback‘ — and want to test out the three recipes ahead of time, as a refresher since these recipes aren’t in my usual wheelhouse, and it’s been years since I’ve cooked these… so the theme of this weeks dinners is recipe testing!
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WHAT WE ATE THIS WEEK #11

All in all it was a really good week. We ate at home almost every meal, and it’s really the first week I feel settled in the new home. There are still a ton of small organization projects / rearranging / decorating / donating to do, but that’s how these things go. We’re so happy to be here.
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WHAT WE ATE THIS WEEK #10

Annnnnd we’re back! It’s been about 2.5 years since I last posted a WWATW, and a lot has changed. We sold our home, moved into a temporary rental, bought a new home (we just moved in last week!), and had our third baby somewhere in between. I missed this series, and my one of my goals for Q5 (yes, I break up my year into five quintiles instead of four quarters) is to tidy up this little food blog of mine, and resume the WWATW series. So here we are. We’re so back!
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Episode 096: How and Why the Sabbath Balances Out Your Weekly Flow

Honoring the Sabbath is one of the most beautiful gifts God gives us each week. He knows we need rest — real rest — or we’ll crash from burnout. Rest and work must go hand in hand.

Today on The Raw and the Cooked, I’m excited to share exactly how the Sabbath (or Shabbat in Hebrew, Shabbos in Yiddish) shapes our week, balances our family life, and reminds us to pause, delight, and trust in God’s good rhythm for us.

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