Not too long ago I was for fortunate enough to visit Rome. It was unexpected, fairly short notice for an near OCD planner like me, and exciting enough that I really haven’t made a big deal out of it fearing my friends and colleagues might poison my coffee when I wasn’t looking. Once in a
The past weekend was a perfect storm of sorts. We had a solid weekend of rain, going outside meant cold, damp, slushy weather. Staying inside meant warm and cozy. Second to that, it had been far too long since I had had one of my slow cooking marathons where I prepare a week’s worth of
Some of the best things are random, and I have happened to discover something unexpectedly intriguing. While I never seem to be at a loss for words, sometimes I do need a prompt. (Sometimes I also need to be silent, but that’s another conversation.) The 52 Photos project is, in a nutshell a series of
My husband managed to pull one over on me this Christmas. I am exceedingly hard to surprise, but he did it! I asked for a Fitbit for Christmas, but instead he got me a pasta maker. Really that’s the anti-Fitbit isn’t it? Now, full disclosure before I go any further, in our home it is
Christmas growing up? Completely awesome! We went from “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” to about two weeks of eating Halloween candy, then two more weeks and it was Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving special which pretty much catapulted us into pre-Christmas excitement because about a week after that we hit “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. After
This might be the best Christmas dish ever. Or at least the best one I have ever made. It smells like Christmas, it looks like Christmas, it tastes like Christmas. It turned out so well that I received the ultimate compliment. My mother tried it, liked it, and didn’t offer a single suggestion for the
Pulled pork is an awesome go to recipe to have in your repertoire for pot-lucks, big gatherings, make ahead lunches, and teen aged boys. This particular recipe I discovered when a friend was hosting a luau themed party and I needed a main dish. I kind of like themed parties, it breaks up the monotony
What a fantastic weekend. October pulled out all the stops the show her beauty this weekend. The reds and gold and leaves still gloriously clinging to their trees for just a wee bit longer. The display at it’s peak just before all of the leaves fall and we finally have to admit that colder weather
It’s a funny thing when you have these recipes that require time as an ingredient. Especially these days in a world that is instant. When was the last time you had to wait for something, for more than 5 minutes? Hardly ever? It’s a big deal if I can’t whip up dinner within an hour,
Getting the swing of homemade yogurt was pretty easy once I put my mind to it. If you missed that post, you can read about making yogurt in a slow cooker here. Once I got the basics, I experimented a little bit each time to get an end result that I was happy with. I
