The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

By Jill Davis Doughtie
To whoever suggested make your own taco night: Thank you! They loved it. We had crunchy taco shells, corn tortillas and flour tortillas. We had grated mild cheddar cheese, chopped lettuce, hamburger, pinto beans, tomatoes and Pace picante sauce. It was nostalgic for me and G — we both grew up with [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Jack and I were at Kathy’s house after a parent-teacher conference. We’d gone together with G in one car, and we’d dropped off G. Jack needed a book he’d left at Kathy’s, so the three of us went back to her place together. Kathy invited us in and offered us ice cream. [...]

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Chowhound discussion thread: New Step-Mom & picky eaters: What’s for dinner?
Lisa Cohn: The Two-Refrigerator Solution: Teaching Tolerance in a Blended Family – “Actually, I struggled at first with the notion of two separate refrigerators. I thought families should gather each evening around the dining-room table and partake of the same meal. . . . Now, [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Bloody Marys are a long standing Christmas morning Doughtie tradition. We spend our Christmas mornings together, and now that I’ve joined the clan, we make Bloody Marys two ways: the hard core Clamato version, which is a recipe handed down from G’s mom, and the Spicy V-8 version, which comes from a [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

“Would you like some peanut butter cookies?” I asked the kids one day. I’d made them from my mom’s recipe. They’re one of my favorites.
“No thanks!” they both said politely.
Hmmm. I now had a whole plate of cookies to myself. This was good in some ways, but bad in others.
A few weeks [...]

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