If you caught up with my last post, you’d know that I am in a bit of a cooking rut. Not to worry, I am sure now that my mom is visiting, I will have lots of free time to go grocery shopping without my kids, catch up on all my favorite food magazines and…
The New Nutritious Eats and a Recipe for Chimichurri
I am so excited to be blogging from my new and updated site! I know it might not look a whole lot different to you and that was the intent. There were just a few design changes and some behind the scene changes made. In case you are dying to know what I changed and…
Hawaiian Vacation and Blogging Gets Thrown Out the Window
We just got back from our two week vacation in Hawaii. I am so thankful that our families all fell in love with Hawaii when they visited us, and now we have chosen it for our family reunion spot. We met up with my parents, my husband’s mother and his three siblings and their families….
February Foodie Penpal Reveal
Did you have a penpal when you were a kid? I remember having one in grade-school and it was always so much fun to receive a letter in the mail…even if it was from a stranger! So when I heard about a foodie penpal exchange, I thought it sounded like a fun idea. Here is…
Vegan Month Recap
Boy was the month of January a LONG one. Whether it was because it was the first month in a LONG time that we didn’t have a birthday or Holiday to celebrate…or mabye it was because I was eating vegan. Either way, it was long. So I thought I’d recap how my experience went and…
Thanksgiving Recap and Cinnamon Fig Jam
I love the Holidays. We had a great, yet quiet, Thanksgiving this year. I cooked the whole dinner myself but spread it over 3 days so that I could actually finish. It turned out delicious so I was very pleased. I knew that making 12 dishes alone, there would be a few disasters along the…
Watermelon Fizz & Meal Planning Monday!
I’ve never really liked the word “foodie”. I am not sure why. I am, however, a so called foodie. That I know. It is simply an informal term for an aficionado of food and drink. From Wikipidia, here is the difference between the term foodie and gourmet: “the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, foodies…
Candied Pecans
I am not sure if you know this, but I am a big salad fan. I guess it started from growing up with a family that liked it as well- my memories of childhood are that we ate salad at almost every meal (whether we really did or not, we definitely had a lot of…
