Month: November 2008

May your day be blessed and wonderful, and may each and every one of my readers have reason to give thanks this holiday season.  I cherish each and every one of you and am so thankful that I’ve gotten to “know” you over the past three-and-a-half years that I’ve been […]

It’s a happy day today!  Tis the day before Thanksgiving, which means today is a labor of love.  🙂  I have a small bit of cleaning to do in the kitchen before I can get to work, but then today I get to make some pie.  Two pies to be […]

But instead, I am choosing to play around in the kitchen and make some candy.  The kids are off of school this week, so they have each other to occupy, and I kind of have myself to myself.  If that makes any sense at all.  I decided to make a […]

I picked up the first box of clementines of the season yesterday at Sam’s Club.  When I brought them home, I dug straight into one, so excited.  I shared a piece with Zander, who lit up and then proceeded to take the rest of my clementine from me.  A short […]

About a month or so ago I had a day where I had a bit of free time, so I thought I’d spend some time visiting some blogs that I’d been remiss in visiting.  I hate that there are so many wonderful food blogs, and only so much time to […]

Then don’t look for it here! Yesterday I spent my time assembling the green bean casserole that was in the December issue of Eating Well.  I really like that magazine, and so I had high hopes for the casserole being scrumptious and all… I didn’t have any of the requisite […]

I had a horrible nightmare last night of Thanksgiving dinner run amuck.  It was horrible, and it woke me up, where I then began to mentally start composing my lists for the next week.  So today I thought I would just jot down the current turkey dinner plans and see […]

This salad is going to be returning to my Thanksgiving menu.  Salad is one of those things that, in my opinion, is pretty superfluous for Thanksgiving Day.  I like salad myself, but I know a lot of people eat salad because they feel obligated.  And why feel obligated to eat […]

Saturday’s can be a little crazy for us right now regarding cooking dinner.  Abigail has Nutcracker practice late in the afternoon (a 35 minute drive away), so that means I get to take her, and we don’t get back home until it’s well into the dinner prep time.  While I’m […]

Every once in a while, an idea comes along that just makes me smack myself in the head and think to myself “why didn’t I think of that?”  This is one of those things, and while I’ll apologize for it not being a recipe or even food related, I know […]

When you live in a small town with a small town grocer, you let the little things inspire you and surprise you.  The other day, while studying the produce aisle, my eyes lighted upon a bag of fresh Brussels sprouts. Fresh Brussels sprouts! How fantastic is that to find!  I […]