Next week is the last week of school for my kids and I am trying to gear up for summer. I have to admit that at this point in the calendar, after an intensely packed school year for me and my kids, I just want to sit on the porch, read books and drink lemonade … Continue reading A Go-To Peanut Butter Chocolate Blondie Recipe & Gearing Up for Summer
Sometimes it’s the simple things that make life enjoyable – like freshly popped popcorn, cooked on the stove-top on a summer afternoon! I have been loving making stove top popcorn. I used Coconut Oil one day and was impressed with the taste of the popcorn with just salt added. De-Li-Cious! (Not to mention that Coconut … Continue reading Corn: Popping and Shucking
This week the Target Holiday Gift catalog came in the mail. You know what that means...the kids started taking turns with pens and post-its to mark their "wishes" in the catalog. I told them, "dream on"! It reminds me of the years in my childhood when my grandmother would pull out the Sears Catalog and … Continue reading Kitchen Wish List
It was one of those weeks! No fun baking happened here, just trying to make-do and get something on the table to feed my people. We did some cleaning out of the refrigerator and creative meal fixing. We had what we call "People's Choice". Let me define the term "People's Choice", coined by my mom … Continue reading People’s Choice
I have an affinity towards glass jars. They are a favorite of mine. They embody so many things I appreciate: they can be repurposed, they are versatile, they are practical, they are vintage, classic, and they are free (or paid for when purchasing pasta sauce and jam). As I looked around the other day, I realized … Continue reading Repurposing Jars
Soup is one of my favorite meals and this recipe is my kind of soup. It is chock-full of yummy things I appreciate in a soup- Wild Rice, Rotisserie Chicken, broth and sauteed vegetables. This recipe is my adaptation of a Cooking Light recipe from years ago. It is a little labor-intensive but it makes … Continue reading Chicken & Wild Rice Soup and A Lesson Learned
Last night we got our Christmas tree! The house is a wreck, as we just got home from traveling to see family for Thanksgiving, but in the midst of laundry and bags and piles, we pulled the tubs of Christmas decorations out of the attic and made a family outing to pick out a tree. I … Continue reading O Christmas Tree
There is a danger with blogs. We peek into someone’s life via a few carefully selected photos taken with a nice camera, then we read a couple of beautifully crafted paragraphs describing an event, a memory, or a moment in a funny, poignant, clever or profound way. And we connect. We are entertained and possibly … Continue reading What a mess!
Muffins are one of my very favorite things to bake and EAT They are healthy (or at least can be), are a breakfast-y food, (which is my favorite meal of the day), and they are fun to make and hard to bomb (unlike layered cakes). Not only that, but they are easy to transport, simple … Continue reading Get Your Muffin On (Post #3 of 3)
ea3bI really don’t like to waste things. In fact, we bring take-out containers of left-over scraps home from restaurants, hoping that we can make a meal (or a late night snack for Dave) out of them. (If we happen to be out to eat with friends who don't want their leftovers we have been known … Continue reading Watch Your Waste (post #2 of 3)
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