The quickest, creamiest hummus

It's so good and it starts with a single can of chick peas.

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Photo credit: Ludovic Avice because I didn’t take a picture of my hummus

Back to school, for the last time

Mirabai returned to college last week to begin her senior year. It’s never easy to say goodbye at summer’s end, but I only realized a couple hours before we dropped her off the airport: this was our final back to school. She graduates in May. Sam’s well into his working life. The school era is really and truly coming to a close. Who knows what’s next? Even if one or both kids decide to go to grad school, they’ll navigate that transition as adults.

I was totally unprepared for this emotional sneak attack. Sure, I felt like this when she (our youngest) graduated from high school…but now? This blow came out of nowhere. At the tail end of putting two kids through college, you’d think I’d be used to it, but no. Emp…