Jul 18
When I was a kid we would go out sometime in November to the tree farm to search out the perfect Christmas tree. We’d bundle up and trudge through the acres of trees searching for the best of the best. We’d weave in and out and all around those huge, beautiful smelling trees that …
Dec 27
I love comfort food, especially soup. If there was soup at every meal, life would be perfect. My mom was the queen of soups, they were dad’s favorite meal and I swear she could literally take a rock and make a concoction of flavor that would rival any professional chef. Most of them were broth …
Dec 20
It’s Christmas time again, trying to finish shopping, writing the Christmas letter and mailing out the cards, concerts, wrapping gifts, planning and shopping for Christmas dinner and getting as much prep work as possible done,….it’s exhausting just thinking about it all much less doing it. Gift wrapping was always one of my most hated projects. …
Oct 01
In this day and age, everyone is going fresh, healthy and most of all easy. This salad combines it all and most of all it’s deliscious. I swear, my mother can take just about anything and create a masterpiece. She taught me when I was very young to use a recipe as a guideline. You …
Jun 30
It is amazing how daily life can take over and suddenly you find yourself completely overcome by everything and simply accomplishing nothing. Work schedules, kid, spouses, pets and everything in between are our daily routines and yet we all still have to eat. I love my fun food, that doesn’t just mean sweets and snacks, …
Mar 17
Top O’ the Morning to you all! Yes it’s St. Patrick’s Day, time for green beer, green hats and of course CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE. This slow cooked meal is so very simple and hearty you’ll be making it more than just once a year. As a kid we’d go to one of the …
Nov 18
With the holidays rapidly approaching it seems we have less and less free time in our busy days. Work, kids school and homework, football practice, gymnastics, soccer and cheer, throw in 8 loads of laundry, vet appointments, grocery shopping, paying bills…. whew, I’m already tired. All this leaves little time for cooking and much less …
Oct 10
When I was a kid, my grandpa had a huge garden in the back yard with vegetables ranging from the tender, spring asparagus ( which of course is a perennial ) to the abundant, bright green zucchini. Being a grandpa’s girl, I was with him all the time in the garden from start to finish …
Oct 01
I just cannot imagine a better time of year than Fall and Winter. The changing of colors of the trees, the chill in the air, the smells are a crisp and clean woodsy aroma. Football season starts and with the comradery of rival team fans comes cozy flannel shirts, hot spiced apple cider, S’mores, Baked …
Aug 14
Welcome back Foodies! It has been such an amazingly hectic year. Bob left for work in West Virginia and I stayed back in El Paso until we had a definite destination to move to. So after 9 months apart, he came and packed us up and trucked me and all the fur babies across country. …
