Food Network Magazine - (10)October 2020

Bernie is requiring that I hold her,

so this activity turns into a mini

bonus workout/styling lesson.

Two of her toes make it into the

frame—extra deliciousness!

.. We sit down on

the kitchen floor with a ladleful

of broccolini soup so that we

can check for seasoning. Bernie

eats two more bowls, so we call

this dinner number one.

.. I make the

accessories for the soup:

buttery toasted breadcrumbs

and poached eggs from

our chickens.

..

Nick comes

in and we eat

dinner! The soup

is bright green

and topped

with Sriracha

and olive oil, the

breadcrumbs and

eggs, and flaky salt and black

pepper. It’s ready for the next

phase of testing (when other

people test it!).

.. Bernie’s bath time,

story time and bedtime.

.. Nick and I watch a

documentary, then it’s bedtime!

.

and I fill up the

kiddie pool. It

becomes clear

interest; she

only wants to

crawl over to the garden and pull

up the scallions. But hey, whose

Star Diary is this? I have a lovely

time by the pool, dreaming

about the cake I’ll bake later.

.. During Bernie’s

second nap, I get my broccolini

soup simmering for dinner. I

also bake off more crackers and

a turmeric cake that I’ve been

wanting to make from my friend

Benjamina Ebuehi’s cookbook.

.. It’s snack-with-

abandon o’clock: I have a

couple of bites of breakfast

sausage–stuffed biscuits I made

yesterday, another recipe I’m

testing for my book. OMG, I’ll

shut up about my book now.

.. Bernie and I split

a slice of turmeric cake while

I try to

style it

by the

window

for an

Instagram

post.

.. It’s time for Bernie’s

first nap, which is when I work

out. After I finish, I eat half of a

muesli bar, another book recipe.

.. I make lunch:

white beans simmered with a

parmesan rind, a whole head of

garlic and tomatoes. I also get a

head start on dinner. I chop up

potatoes, onions and broccolini

for soup. And I make pizza

dough because tomorrow is

Pizza Friday.

.. I slice and bake

the crackers and read with

Bernie, who’s now awake.

We get so caught up in

Spot books that I forget the

crackers and they get severely

overbaked. Oops!

..

Nick comes

in for

lunch. I fish

the garlic

head out of

the beans

and smash

the cloves all over

some crusty toast, then cover

the beans with a storm of

parm, a drizzle of olive oil and

a lot of black pepper. We use

the toast to shovel the beans

into our mouths.

.. I wake

day: My husband

Nick plops our

18-month-old

daughter, Bernie,

on the bed next to me, and Bernie

says, “Ham... ham... ham!”—

her word for milk. It’s time for

me to feed her!

.. Smoothie time! We

have fruit and veggie smoothies

every morning, which makes

me feel less bad about all of

the cake I test. This morning

we’re having blueberry–cashew

cookie smoothies, a recipe I’m

working on for my next book. I

mix Bernie’s with oatmeal so it’s

thick enough for her to eat with

her hands.

.. Cleanup. Whose

idea was it to let this child eat

oatmeal with her hands?! I sip

coffee while Bernie and I have

music time.

.. Bernie snacks on

freeze-dried raspberries and

empties out a utensil drawer

while I make dough for multigrain

crackers I’m testing for my book.

They’re a seedy slice-and-bake

situation, inspired by my favorite

Trader Joe’s crackers.

Catch Molly

on Girl Meets

Farm, Sundays

at 11 a.m. ET.

Kiehl’s avocado eye cream

“This eye cream reminds me

of David from Schitt’s Creek.”

Creamy Eye Treatment with

Avocado, $50; kiehls.com

GIR Ultimate Ladle

“This ladle is squishy, so it

scoops up every drop. I never

knew I could love a ladle this

much.” $13; gir.co

Supergoop! sunscreen

“I’m a sucker for the fun

packaging, and it doesn’t make

me sticky.” Play Everyday Lotion

SPF 30, $32; supergoop.com

“I have a rainbow of them.

They’re so pretty and cut down

on plastic waste.” Sandwich

Bag, $12; stasherbag.com

Star Diary

Molly Yeh spends her day

recipe testing—and teaching her

baby daughter how to be a food stylist!

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