About Lauren Daley

Lauren Daley

Lauren Daley

Lauren hails from Pittsburgh but now calls Rochester home. As one of the few people on the planet from the Steel City who doesn't follow professional sports, she enjoys flannel, bonfires and craft beer and firmly believes peanut butter cups should be added as a food group. Lauren currently works as an analyst with the Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Customer Experience team.

Posts by Lauren Daley

Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Bake

Buffalo chicken. Is there anything better? I’d submit to you that there is not. However, it is generally not a nutritional practice to eat buffalo chicken wings and dip on a regular basis. That is, until I discovered this casserole that’s equal parts nutritional and flavorful. This is our family’s go-to recipe for any event…Read More »

Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Bake

Tasty Winter Squash Bake with Feta

There are a few dishes in my cooking rotation that I can make in my sleep. This winter squash bake with Feta cheese is one of them – thanks to my sister-in-law who first made this dish for us a few years ago. It’s evolved to take in estranged vegetables, like that last head of…Read More »

Winter Squash Bake with Feta

There are a few dishes in my cooking rotation that I can make in my sleep. This winter squash bake with Feta cheese is one of them – thanks to my sister-in-law who first made this dish for us a few years ago. It’s evolved to take in estranged vegetables, like that last head of…Read More »

Overwhelmed with Life? Try Making Your Bed

My parents passed on many a piece of advice to my brother and me over the years. Like most children, we generally did the opposite. Eat your broccoli, it’s good for you = Whittle a hole in table leg, hide broccoli there. Empty the dishwasher, you’ll feel accomplished = Pay off a sibling to do…Read More »

Twinkle, Twinkle Little UGH. Solutions for Parents who Hate Kids’ Music.

Becoming a parent stirs up a lot of fears. Will I be a good caretaker? Who will take care of my child when I go back to work? How do you keep one of these things alive? You mean we can just take them home?! And that’s just the stuff you talk about publicly. The…Read More »

Good Libations: Beer, Cider or Wine?

“Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses; Work’s the curse of the drinking classes.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) There are a lot of opinions on drinking out there: Red wine is the nectar of the French, and the reason why they live so long…Read More »