Storemade with love
There are things that have fallen by the way side during this crazy busy time. Covering up my grays. Dusting the house. Planning for retirement. All put to the side. Wondering why I haven’t done a...
View Article’twas the dawn before Thanksgiving…
And all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the nutty woman making cranberry sauce at 5am. It’s pre-gobble time. Run to the store time, prep your turkey time, run to store again...
View ArticleWho’s a happy turkey?
Scenes from yesterday’s prep This is the easiest cranberry sauce ever. Like. Ever. Turns to this Drying out the bread for stuffing. Other families just let it go stale naturally, but good bread doesn’t...
View ArticleThanks God for the Thanksgria
Before I tell you about the sangria, let me show you my turkey. Where are pictures of your turkey?? Come on, I’ll show you mine and then you show me yours. I know you took a pic. Here’s the before and...
View ArticleAprons are for sissies
There were some funny moments on turkey day. I want, no I need to share this with you! Are you sick of Thanksgiving posts yet? I promise, last one! Sorry about all the exclamation points! I’m...
View ArticleFaux Baking
It’s not really faux. You do turn an oven on. Our wonderful neighbors make this every year and I promptly stole the recipe. Actually it’s more of a trick than a recipe. But it’s so good and it’s so...
View ArticleSelf cleaning life
At about 6am this morning I came to grips with the fact that the holidays are over and it’s back to work, school, and reality. After a good shower cry (only half kidding) I decided to go downstairs...
View ArticleSomething Fishy
Today’s post was going to be a mushy, gushy Valentine cooking post. A step by step of me making my husband’s all time favorite pasta – fra diavolo. Shrimp, bay scallops and squid. I was going to talk...
View ArticleLook Book
I like pretty pictures. If the pictures happen to be about food or home decor – all the better. This past Christmas a new pal gave me a really great book called Edible Selby. Although I didn’t know it...
View ArticleYou had me at cilantro
It’s hot here. It feels like a 100 degrees in the shade. Yesterday we were invited to a BBQ in our neighborhood by this adorable couple (second relationship for both. They met while she was on vacation...
View ArticleHow an Indian does Italian
Growing up, in my very Indian family, the only “American” food that was cooked in our house was spaghetti (which was strangely made on Saturday mornings) and a dish that we called – eggplant. No, not...
View ArticleFruit of my carb addiction
My kids requested grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner. They really are mine.
View ArticleBabes With Books (BWB)
Last night I hosted the monthly meeting of a book club I joined this past year. I know I’ve told you about it before (This ain’t no Oprah’s Book Club ). Did I mention the name of our club? BWB. Oh roll...
View ArticleI did it for Columbus!
</ Pasta. Fresh sauce. Basil. Extra red pepper flakes. These are the loves of my life tonight. Hope everyone had a tasty long weekend.
View ArticleDamn Yankee
I’ve been proven wrong. I thought I hated Yankee Candles . All those insanely strong cinnamon chemical scents make my eyes burn. I went to their outlet store once and walked out gasping for air. I’m a...
View ArticleTo brine or not to brine…
All of a sudden, everyone is dissing the brine. It’s jumped the shark, they say. It doesn’t really impact the taste, they shout. The tide has turned. The brining backlash has begun! Ok not really. I’m...
View ArticleAwkward.
That moment after you lay everything out to make Christmas cookies and you think to yourself… I coulda been watching a cheesy holiday movie. Sigh.
View Articlechecking in…
So whatcha been up to? Hope you’ve been having some Christmas fun. Here’s what we’ve been doing – non sequitur. Started my Christmas shopping in September hoping to get ahead of the game, but the game...
View ArticleI love secrets
I got a lot of great gifts this year – I’m a lucky girl. Last night we did the final gift exchange with my family – there is absolutely no more gift giving and receiving after this. It’s over. Done. No...
View Article3 Dessert Afternoon
This is what happened. I needed a pick-me-up and went to the company cafeteria for some frozen yogurt. They had plain old chocolate, my favorite. But then I saw that they had bread pudding. Warm bread...
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