Easier Gnocchi and Tips For Planning ahead for Thanksgiving
Hi everyone. It is the Sunday before Thanksgiving and I am beginning my planning for the big day-like a rehearsal for a Broadway show. There will be 7 kids, 13 adults, one begging dog and a lot of high expectations for delicious food. Am I up to the challenge? Are you? One way to avoid […]
Parmesan Sunchoke Casserole and Don’t Be Afraid of Bizarre Root Vegetables!
Hi everyone. Have you ever heard of a sunchoke? I hadn’t either until my Vegetable coop sent me some. I had not only never seen one, I had never heard of one. Anyhoo, as I did not want them rotting in my fridge, I simply googled them and instantly found out how to cook them. […]
Chicken and Cilantro Dumplings and Emmy Lou Harris’ Cheat Sheet
Hi everyone. I went to see Emmy lou Harris and The Low Anthem last night. Emmy Lou came out with the opening band and sang one of their beautiful songs with them. What struck me was not how great her voice still is, but that she walked right out to a huge audience with a […]
Spanish Spiced Carrot Soup and Dogs and Kids-No Different
Hi everyone. Please check out my sister’s awesome new Dog Book (she illustrated it), I Didn’t Do It. She is a famous Guggenheim award winning painter if you didn’t know and she is also a phenomenal Dog painter if you are in need of an extra special Dog painting present for someone. Here’s her website: […]
Dog Biscuits and Glutton for Punishment or Glutton For Love?
Hi everyone. Well, we bit the bullet. We got a dog. I know, I know, I have told many of you for years how crazy you all are to get a dog while you have kids and other responsibilities so call me a hypocrite if you must. Sometimes , life is just not rational. One […]
E’s Vegetarian Or Turkey Chili and Helping Kids of Addicts
Hi everyone. Yes, this is a blog post about delicious chili but also about my niece’s brutally honest and incredibly courageous new blog, Life Of an Addicts Daughter http://www.lifeofanaddictsdaughter.blogspot.com As many of you know, my niece Bailie lived with us for 3 years, when she was nearly 16, when her mother was addicted to heroin. […]
My Fridge is Scary Clean! and Leslie’s DELICIOUS Broccoli Cheese Roll
Hi everyone and Happy Post Halloween! There were a lot of scary things this Halloween but none quite as frightening as my fridge! I was sent a request to clean my fridge as part of the “Reach Right” campaign by Unilever , created so that we may make an effort to store our fridge with […]
For Pete’s Sake, Just Say Thank you! and Quinoa Salad with Cashews
Hi everyone. First off, thank you, readers, for noticing that I am in the Costco Connection magazine this Nov. issue! This magazine has one of the greatest distributions in the U.S. so thank you, Costco for letting me in! Well, this is a nice segue to my topic for today: Today, I’d like to talk […]
Spicy Squash Soup and Jon Hamm on My Kids’ Heads
Hi everyone. It’s Sunday evening and I miss Jon Hamm already. It’s a good thing that I can be reminded of him and his five o’clock shadow when I look at my sons’ recently shaved heads. Like shaving kids’ heads at the beginning of the school year, it is also important to be proactive, plan […]
Ginger Lentil Soup and the Show (and Bookclub) Must Go On
Hi everyone. Even though it has been a trying week that really bugged me, I have been on the calendar for months to host my bookclub. Our bookclub, as you may know by now, is also usually a dinner party. Cooking and shopping for eight? I could sneak in moments to prep for the meal […]