So here it is. The blog. The place you can “find out what’s for dinner at foodiemom.com.”

It was the question, “Hey, mom, what’s for dinner?” that started it all. It seems like somebody starts asking that at about 3:15, and I don’t even open the fridge to start trying to answer it until, oh, about 5:30. We tend to eat late around here, so no one really expects to see signs of dinner until 7 at the earliest. 

But I’m trying to plan a bit more these days, to avoid problems like the one I have now: baked squash sounds good (and now that I think of it, so do baked potatoes), but we’re out of butter.

Not much of a problem, really, but lately it seems like I’m always at the grocery store. To be expected for a food writer, I suppose, but maybe a little planning could cut out at least a few trips.

I’ll let you know how it goes, though honestly I don’t expect much to change. I’m not much for planning meals, like those people who do all their cooking on Sunday and then just pop a lasagna in the oven on Tuesday.

If I want lasanga on Tuesday, then I have to go to the store on Tuesday, make the sauce, put it together…you can see why we eat late around here.

But I do have a great lasagna recipe; I’ll try to get it posted soon on the recipes page.