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Could Dinner Elf Work For My Big Family?

A guest post by Kristin Schell The couple that started Dinner Elf live in my neighborhood. I’ve heard loads of my girlfriends rave about using them to take care of weekday dinners. I’ve gifted Dinner Elf meals to friends who have loved using them. I just never thought

Parenting

Resolve To Take A Little Stress Off The Table

New Years resolutions can be so cliche. They are the reason so many Christmas cookies will get tossed into the trash. They are the reason my pilates class will be crowded for the next two weeks. Though many will not be kept, let’s celebrate the sweet humanity that is

Parenting

Messy Hospitality: Letting People In Matters More Than Your Mess

I have a best-dear-girlfriend who is a natural born hostess. I will admit she intimidated the hell out of me for the first year that we knew each other. She effortlessly hosts get togethers of all kinds, at all times — from lavish dinner parties to last minute pool-side play dates.

Parenting

Two Truths & A Lie: Tall Tales That Rescued Our Family Dinner

Family dinner is when we come together to share the ups and downs of all of our days. When we had toddlers at the table, getting them to talk during our family dinner was never a problem. Getting a word in edgewise or a vegetable in their mouth? Those were

Group Gifts

My Love Language? Gifts of food.

When you hear big news in your circle of friends, what’s your first instinct? Me, I bake. Calling feels like I am dialing into the drama. Sending a card feels so formal. My reserved Irish Catholic upbringing leaves me a stammering mess with spoken words of comfort. But, my

Family Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?

During my second year of grad school, someone posted an un-winterized waterfront house for rent on the cheap overlooking Long Island Sound. Anyone who knows me knows that I love me some ocean. I love to swim in it, boogey board on it, just sit and watch it. So we

Parenting

Family Dinner: Forget Perfect And Just Sit Down

Today I am going to have my dinner without a side of mom guilt. Yes, it’d be ideal if my husband was home to eat with us. Yes, it’d be social media-worthy if my daughter picked a bouquet of garden herbs for our centerpiece. Yes, it’d be

Work Life Balance

Grandma Has Left The Kitchen

Thanks to Dinner Elf, I think about home cooking a lot. My mind is always going with new ideas of what our Elves can cook, how we can cook it in your kitchen or the kitchen of a gluten-free, paleo-enthusiast I just met at the gym. You get the idea.

Austin

Why Is There An Elf In My Kitchen?

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” — Walt Disney That quote kind of sums up my current stage of life. Maybe yours, too, if you’re a parent looking at booking a Dinner Elf. My days are made up of two pretty consuming jobs. Job 1: Mom I