Nadia, Actually
The woman behind the character. Every couple of weeks, the real crunchy wife writes the honest version — no bit, no apron.
Sourdough for the anxious beginner
Your starter is not going to die if you forget it once. Here's the genuinely low-stress way to begin — no scale, no schedule guilt, no Brad.
Kitchen · June 13, 2026 · 5 min read
The Five Things I Actually Use (And the Fifteen I Don't)
My husband keeps a spreadsheet of wellness products. I keep a mental list of what actually made it past the six-month mark. Here's the honest version — five things I genuinely use, and a partial list of the fifteen I do not.
June 12, 2026 · 4 min
The PersonaThe real reason I went crunchy (it wasn't the wellness influencers)
Preston plays me for laughs — and honestly, he's not wrong. But there's a real story under the bit, and it starts with a colicky baby and a 2am Google search.
June 9, 2026 · 4 min
MarriageWhy I Stopped Fighting the Crunchy
I married a funny man. That was the whole plan. Then somewhere around year three, he started "researching things." Here's how I went from eye-rolls to elderberry syrup — slowly, reluctantly, and with full receipts.
June 1, 2026 · 5 min