I want to dedicate a cake to you. To celebrate the end of a year and the beginning of a new one. You deserve it. It has been tough lately. But it will get better, right?! It has to.
I usually don’t fuss over a change of digit when a year ends, but this year it [...]

Eating out while on a trip or vacation, with or without kids, can become a stressful event. Going out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and maybe snacks too, every day throughout your vacation, can be tiring. Choosing a restaurant, driving, parking, waiting to be seated, reading the menu, consulting, deciding, ordering, waiting, paying, waiting… add [...]

The last weekly menu plan for 2008. Posted recipe for December were…
Party times – Holiday (or Birthday) Party Food – Appetizers
Entrées:

Breadcrumbly Pumpkin Ravioli – Sometimes Life Gives You Breadcrumbs
Upgraded/dressed-up Pizza – Sometimes it’s Pizza for Dinner
Surprise – Time to Tell You What It Is
Amazing, but simple, Chicken Wrap
Linguine with Shrimp Scampi
Orange-Colored Soup

Side dishes:
Zucchini Pancakes Addiction
Mashed [...]

Holidays season means… party time, and if you’re lucky, then it’s parties. Here are a few ideas to make your party stress free.
What you see in the pictures is what I served for my birthday party in August. That was outside in the backyard… But, regardless of the weather, all the ingredients I used then [...]

When I was a child – which was a long time ago, but not THAT long ago – my grandma used to make chicken soup and there were chicken feet, and a throat, in the soup. And I remember my mom, who didn’t cook very often, cooking a cow’s tongue from time to time. Yeah, [...]

Can you guess what is this dish?
The winner who will guess correctly will get the recipe!
UPDATE:
I’m joking, of course. Everyone will see the recipe…
I don’t mean to annoy you with silly questions. Really. There’s a point to all this, I promise.
But before I reveal the answer, tell me, does this look like something you would [...]

I love this dish with delicate lemon flavored pasta and beautiful orange colored shrimp sautéed in butter. Yum. This recipe makes a perfect weekday meal. It is so easy to make and you can have dinner on the table in 20 minutes or less. I think that I cook this meal every 4-6 weeks when [...]

I just watched a horrifying video a few hours ago showing the lives of animals raised on “farms”, from their birth to our table.
I can’t stop thinking about it.
I’d like you to visit my Good Food & Bad Food blog and read the post I wrote about it, “Can We Eat Like That and Be [...]

Hi everyone,

I don’t know how many of you know that I write another blog which is called “Good Food & Bad Food”. I sometimes post there when I read/see something that irritates me regarding food, and sometimes I will post about something that is very good about food.

There are some posts that you might be [...]

Creamy mashed potatoes with tanned and crunchy and cheesy topping. A combination of all good things together in one dish. Doesn’t this make it the ultimate comfort side dish? I assume that you don’t really need a recipe for mashed potatoes, do you?! But I will share a few tips for making an even better [...]