Working On Those “Iffy” Relationships

At some point or another we all seem to have a relationship that makes us ask the question, “Why do I bother?”. You wonder why you keep investing time and energy to try to make it work when it would be so much simpler to just let it go. You could save yourself [...]

Comfort Food

I think I’ve mentioned before that chicken isn’t really a favorite of mine. Sunday I made this uninspired dinner.

I remember eating a lot of chicken dinners on Sundays. Even if the kids think eating drumsticks is feasting, I can think of a lot of other things I’d rather eat. But mashed [...]

Meals on Wheels

I frequently volunteer to take meals to new moms. I know how nice those are to receive and I like to pay the same kindness to these new young moms as I received. Tonight I made some lime chicken as well as steak kabobs that were marinated in homemade balsamic vinaigrette — [...]

Feasting Like Royalty

The Husband is suffering for his work again, this time by going to a conference in Ft. Lauderdale, where it is just as hot and humid as it is here, if not more so. I wish I could sleep well when he’s gone, but I don’t. So, I’m dragging around, tired and unmotivated, [...]

‘Mom, could you just make chicken like Ramona, instead?’

Many of my favorite food bloggers try a new cookbook each month or regularly post on cookbook creations they have tried and loved so I decided that, for the next few weeks at least, Tuesdays are going to be my ‘Cookbook Test Kitchen Day’. I have several feet of cookbooks on the shelf, some [...]