If youāre lucky enough to have a True Food Kitchen in your area, you might be familiar with the Vegetarian Chopped Salad which is a popular menu item.Ā Itās delish and this week DF Evon inspired me to make a copycat recipe at home using the template from Blythesblog.com. Here is what I did. Ingredients […]
Welcome to the December Fit Challenge. Did you have a nice weekend? Did it include any goodies? If so, you might want to skip the scale for a few days. Here’s what I do. Weigh Less Often Lots of controversy around the bathroom scale these days. At my age I certainly don’t want to be […]
Have the rich meals, drinks and desserts offered during this season left you craving something a little lighter? How about eggplant “meatballs”? An excess of eggplants from a recent produce box left me scratching my head for a yummy recipe and a way to freeze up extra meals. Skinnytaste to the rescue. Gina’s recipes never […]
What better time than two weeks before Christmas to talk about giving and receiving?Ā Letās chat, shall we?Ā Because giving and receiving are more than just presents under the tree. Giving Most people probably classify themselves in the āgiverā category.Ā Everyone has been a parent, a child of an aging parent, an employee, a manager.Ā […]
Do you remember when hub painted our console table to better coordinate with our old dining set?Ā And then.Ā We got a new dining set.Ā And then.Ā The white looked a little stark in our entryway against the new table.Ā And then.Ā I heard about a specialty paint brand for furniture.Ā So we tried, and […]
Squash season is here and Iāve been busy cooking and freezing batches for soup later this winter.Ā But when I saw Joy Bauerās recipe for Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Muffins, it called my name.Ā I used a batch of squash for this recipe. I think it is basically the same recipe I made last […]
Crisp spring weather was perfect this week for a girlsā field trip to Lost Dutchman State Park and the Superstition Mountains. At about 2,000 feet elevation, the hiking trails at the park are perfect for cool weather hiking, but the lack of shade means you wonāt get me anywhere near there when the temps start […]
This is crazy, but true.Ā I love wrapping up the holiday season as much as I like preparing for it.Ā As in I take down everything Christmas on Christmas Day.Ā Wrapping up Christmas is like presenting a fresh slate for me to take into the New Year. Oh, and I owe a few book reviews […]
This is a strange, but true story. I won a cooking contest. Yep. I know, so hard to believe! And Curried Butternut Soup was the winning entry. Hereās the backstory.Ā I worked in the Surgery Department for a large hospital and for some reason OR, Same Day Surgery and Endoscopy all got together and put […]
Iām not much of a shopper anymore. If you donāt count the damage I do online, of course. But I just donāt get out to the shops. This week I took a couple of hours and visited the shops in the Norterra area and thought Iād share a little November shopping since it’s not something […]