For Mother’s Day, Elisabeth spent much of Saturday preparing meals for the weekend and the work week ahead. Although a variety of experiments went on in the kitchen, the food came out spectacular – from the pancake bread to the family-sized lasagna! Given the challenges presented by COVID-19 and only monthly grocery store trips, allContinue reading “Family Style Lasagna”
Category Archives: Upstate Living
Gluten-free Blueberry Crumble Muffins
As much of the country and the world has been in isolation for over a month due to COVID-19, many have had to make substitutions to their favorite recipes. Like many others, we took this time to experiment in the kitchen and eat and live healthier. In an effort to improve our immunity to theContinue reading “Gluten-free Blueberry Crumble Muffins”
New York Fish Fry
The two best things about summer are: 1) Spending time with friends and 2) Eating good food. So, when the two of these things combine, it makes for the perfect occasion. Stay tuned to hear about our fish fry! Following a deep-sea fishing trip, my grandfather went on last week with close friends off theContinue reading “New York Fish Fry”
Jambalaya
On Saturday night after a long day in Troy and packing up in severe thunderstorms, we were planning on going out for a nice dinner. Yet, due to the storms we decided to stay home with our dog and put together a quick dinner. We are sometimes apprehensive about going out because we can oftenContinue reading “Jambalaya”
Homemade Sushi Rolls
After years of saying we were going to make homemade sushi, we finally decided to try it out. Being so close to Albany, we stopped at the Asian Supermarket on Central Ave. Here we stocked up on the essentials we would need to make sushi: sticky rice and seaweed sheets. We decided to pick upContinue reading “Homemade Sushi Rolls”
Sunday Morning Garlic Scape Pesto
As usual, the Sunday morning ritual in our household is to work in the kitchen for the first few hours. Today, Emily began by getting together the baby-back ribs and pasta salad for dinner and then worked with Elisabeth to make one of our favorite sauces that we freeze to use year round: Garlic ScapeContinue reading “Sunday Morning Garlic Scape Pesto”
Our First Christmas in New York
Crazy to think that almost a year ago we put an initial offer on the house and have been living in New York for seven months! Elisabeth has finished her first semester of college at the University at Albany and we have been settling in quite nicely. This Christmas we are excited to be celebratingContinue reading “Our First Christmas in New York”
Where Our Story Begins – Our Journey to the Hudson Valley
Prior to moving to our home on the Hudson, we lived in a bustling village in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Our home, pictured below was a large 1847 16-room colonial home. The home featured an in-law living area, a full walk-in attic, and a three-car garage (although they were made to fit horse-drawn carriages).Continue reading “Where Our Story Begins – Our Journey to the Hudson Valley”
Upstate Vintage Living 