Well, today was the last official day of summer for us. Tomorrow morning Abigail begins the adventure known as First Grade. Yikes. So we thought we’d spend today totally enjoying each other’s company. After a breakfast of donuts, we all headed out to the park to play together. It was […]

First tonight, I have to share dinner. It was seriously, one of those “Oh my God” dinners. It was soooo good. Tonight I tried a new recipe from the new Cooking Light magazine. Pork Carnitas is awesome!!!!! Basically, it’s an all-purpose pork recipe, and you take the pork to be […]

Melissa at The Traveler’s Lunchbox has created an epidemic. Food bloggers all over the world are madly scrambling to come up with their list. Their top five. The top five foods that they think everyone should try at least once before passing on to the great beyond. That’s easy you […]

Yesterday was a really great day. I woke up early feeling refreshed, and immediately went to work in the kitchen. Wednesdays are Abigail’s ballet class, so supper is a crock-pot affair. For yesterday’s offering, I determined that Vegetable Soup would be the best possibility. All these trips to the farm […]

You simply must read this post on Tigers & Strawberries. Well said Barbara! Well said! Further proof, in my opnion, that picky eaters are created, rather than a natural occurance. Check it out. It’s a very well-thought out post. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works […]

Last night, when Andy brought home that bowl of tomatoes, I was really hopeful, but thought it unlikely that there would be enough tomatoes for salsa today. Nevertheless, I hauled out Andy’s scale and started piling tomatoes on it. Imagine my surprise when the needle actually went a bit past […]

I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not to post last night’s dinner. The differing components were good… but they didn’t belong together. Completely poor planning on my part, I guess. Yesterday I had a prok tenderloin thawed out, and had intended on making a Cider-pecan pork tenderloin. until […]

Talk about a fantastic weekend. Seriously. We had a great mini-holiday in the city of Milwaukee- and our whole family feels refreshed and wonderful. I can’t say that I have anything profound or food-related to share. We ate basic food, never went downtown to the Latin Festival, and other than […]

We’re on our way out this morning. 🙂 We’re going to spend the weekend in the beautiful city of Milwaukee. We have a day planned at the zoo, and rumor is this weekend is the Mexican and Latin Festival, so we may make our way to the Lakeshore some time […]

Is that catchy? Hmm. Sounds a little cheesy and pathetic to me. Wednesday’s are going to be a little different for awhile. Abigail’s ballet class is from 5-6 in the evening. We usually eat dinner around 6, and with her school being a 25 minute drive away, I really can’t […]

Today was almost as big a deal as the first day of kindergarten. Today was the day Abigail began ballet class. Real ballet class. She’s been in love with Angelina Ballerina since she first saw her, and today she got her first taste of dance class. She loved it. Just […]

In this month’s issue of Gourmet magazine, something completely different caught my eye. In a section on grilling, they listed a recipe for pork chops. Except these were grilled. And breaded. Grilled, breaded pork chops. I was intrigued. Could you grill breading? That has so much potential! During those hot […]