Hello friends! Many of you have written to ask if everything is okay. Yes, it is; thanks for the well wishes.

The fact that I haven’t written in so long is nothing but an indication of life with three school-age kids, a job and a carpool schedule more intricate than my old Power Point presentations! Every day finds me in the kitchen, but I’ve been reluctant to blog because I haven’t been cooking anything complex.

However, a regular reader gave me good advice today. She suggested that it’s precisely the quick dishes I’ve been making for my family that are the MOST helpful to blog about, because we’re all over-committed and looking for something quick. So if you’re feeling like you don’t have time to cook, these next few weeks of blogs will be for you — because that’s where I am, too.

Happy cooking and thanks for reading. I promise a recipe will be coming soon. After I pick up from soccer. And ballet. And go to that parent meeting tonight. Thank goodness for leftovers.