Author: Victoria Peterson

My name is Victoria and I would like to be a lot of things when I grow up. A writer. A baker. A theater practitioner. A theologian. Working for the Chicago Cubs front office. I already am a few things. A wife. A friend. A sister. A Catholic follower of Jesus. An artist. A Chicagoland native but wanderer of the world. A daydreamer. A stress baker. A lover of food and books and plants and stories and people. An extroverted introvert. Small, strong, silly. Follow along as I am who I am and discover what’s coming next in this adventure we call life. It’s a hot mess but it’s a good deal of fun, too.

A Tale of Two Sourdoughs

Four years ago this October, I started fermenting my sourdough starter. This was before the sourdough craze of the COVID years. I just loved to bake and it seemed like the next thing I wanted to learn. That sourdough starter has now moved with me to three different homes, from my single days, to engaged,…

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Top Ten! February 17, 2021

As we’ve moved through a quarantined winter, I’ve found the little things have turned into the big things that get me through the day. If I’m honest, there are days I just want to scream from frustration with the limitations we are still living with. (OK, and sometimes I actually do…) These limitations are necessary,…

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Weekly Menu – February 15, 2021

The deep, deep cold is persisting here in Illinois, though my heart is really going out to all my friends and acquaintances in Texas and the other southern states that are dealing with winter storms – without the same resources that we have here! These cold days have us craving straightforward, comforting, warm meals, things…

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Weekly Meal Plan – February 8, 2021

Better is late than never, right? Wait…late is better than never right? There. Got it the second time. Between not going almost anywhere due to covid-19 and now the extremely cold temperatures deterring me even from going for my usual daily walks I’m really starting to get a little stir-crazy, which often leads to some…

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DIY Ginger Lime Chicken Bowls

This is one of my favorite easy meals – a “bowl dinner” that I can scoop up and carry with me to the couch as we catch-up on our favorite TV show. It’s light but bursting with flavor and, even better, the specific flavor is totally customizable and a great way to take stock of…

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Weekly Meal Plan – February 1, 2021

Yesterday I took a snow day. No, I didn’t have to shovel (my wonderful husband did that). But I felt lazy and just gave into it and basically did nothing after throwing a roast in the crock pot in the morning. Would it have been that hard to write up a meal plan while binge-watching…

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Weekly Menu – January 24, 2021

Wow, what a week! It started off with Martin Luther King Jr. Day off work. I wandered around a town about 30 minutes from ours, just to be somewhere different. Most places were closed, but a coffee shop provided something warm to sip on and a few small shops were available to browse. Midweek my…

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Weekly Menu – January 17, 2021

My husband and I are sitting on our couch, watching a tied* Saints and Buccaneers playoff football game. The pup is munching on a bone. My glass is full of a nice, lemony, mineral Gavi I picked up for a special dinner, and I decided tonight counted. I’m trying to finish meal planning for the…

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