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Comfort & Co.

Serving up recipes & resources on batch cooking & preserving food that help busy women connect with their families around the gathering table. Sometimes healthy yet always comforting, food can bring families together & that's what I'm passionate about sharing. Come join my table; there's room here for you! xo, Claire @BecomingTraditional

maybe one of these?

Happy Thursday, yet again! Heard this this week: "variety is the spice of life" & wouldn't you agree? So here's a lil mash up of some things I discovered (or revisited) this week bc...what else is there to do during late night feedings besides read up on food & kitchen gidget gadgets? 🤷🏽♀️ This article about EVOO (extra virgin olive oil). Perfect read for the girl who wants to cook with better/healthier oils but doesn't know where to start. BTW, I raved about Rachel Ray growing up -...

✋🏽 do this, not that

Heyy Reader, Three weeks later, I didn't win the pitch contest because mine was too long. 😒 Ironic because brevity is like my gold standard for most emails. And honestly, I was a lil salty about it but - win some, lose some. "On to the next pitch," - my Husbo. Last week a couple of you reached out about some kitchen situations you've got that are stickier than a fat, center-roll sticky bun. So for the rest of you wayyyyyy off in the back, here's what these ladies put me to task on. Meal plans...

How to Fill Your Freezer in 1 Month

Heyy Reader, What’s your vision for your kitchen table? (Let that marinate like a delicious piece of medium rare steak laid over a mound of silky mashed potatoes ladled with a golden browned butter sauce & lemme know.) 🤤 There’s a dream kitchen that lives in my head - one inside a rustic barndominium with 20-ft vaulted ceilings, commercial sized walk-in fridges & a comfortable 12-seater gathering table. A dessert always ready to be divvied up. But really, my vision of that table is just to...

2 Cozy Crock Pot Soups

Heyy Reader! Two bits today. #1 - meals we ate that's all the rage The mini chefs (my two toddlers) & I have been bizzzzzzzz-eeeeeee in the kitchen this week batching up a ton of meals to quick-stock the freezer. I don't do memes, but if I did... insert some gif of a woman in a blur here. It all started Monday with this Autumn Chowder 🤤 I'm a sucker for fall so when I saw this, I HAD to try it. Despite it being 2•F here with a foot of snow - who doesn’t love a good throwback huh? Recipe is...