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, [...]

Fresh Corn

It’s not truly summer until there’s fresh corn. Anything else is just hot, uncomfortable weather, not summer. A month or so ago I grilled corn for the first time. I peeled back the husk and cleaned off the silk, washed the corn, then slid the husk back around the corn and [...]

It’s a ‘Shroomin’ Kind of Day

We are without children for a couple of days — they get a vacation without parents but with the Grandparents. So we had ‘adult food’ tonight. The kind you make and know no one will turn up their nose and say “Eewwww, what is *this*?” It’s good to have a couple of [...]

Grilled Onions

I have a little recommendation for you. Next time you make brats on the grill, toss on a sliced onion and grill that too. They are very tasty on the brats.