Feeding a Small Village (aka My Family)
"How do you feed eleven kids?!?!?!" is one of the questions I get asked the most, so I thought I would share some of our favorite family recipes and show you what I do. My life is complicated enough, so I have learned to simplify through necessity. I don't do seven course meals except on Thanksgiving and Christmas. For everyday living, it's either a one pot meal or a simple meat and vegetable offering, or maybe some pasta (we are Italian-American, after all). While only the y
Extraordinary People - the Friars of NY
Recently I had the pleasure of joining my daughters in NYC for one of their more unique performances, where they played for a packed house at Catholic Underground, which is hosted by the Franciscan Friars of Renewal at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Manhattan. Normally we would stay in a hotel, but we were invited to stay at the friary, where we got a chance to get to know our hosts and get a taste of their humble but incredibly hospitable and gracious lifestyle. I had th
7 Keys to Taking Care of Your Whole Self
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? How's your temple? Are you running like a finely tuned machine? Are you eating healthy? Are your mind, spirit, and emotions fit as a fiddle (whatever that means)? Here are some tips to help you get your temple in tip top shape! 1. Clean Up Your Diet Are you having donuts for breakfast, a burger and fries for lunch, and pizza
