Ironically, I hadn’t read Ray’s response to the weekly Q&A until this morning. Why is it ironic? Because the very thing I was working on for this week’s blog post was that same potato salad that Ray told me was one of his favorite dishes made by his mother, Tina. Shortly after getting engaged, Tom […]
Many, many years ago I was working night shift at the sleep lab with my late best friend Jan. I was feeling a bit hungry so I pulled out a can of Vienna sausages. I’m pretty sure she had convinced me that carbs were the devil and we should both be eating more protein, so […]
After having tried several meal kit plans, I thought I would take the time to share some thoughts about the first plan we tried, and the one we have returned to – Home Chef. We first decided to give Home Chef a try in August of 2019. There were only two of us to cook […]
Recently, Ray wrote a blog about his new pressure/multi-cooker. This made me remember a post idea I’d had in the past, but had not yet gotten around to – my husband Tom’s Spanish Rice. Years ago, we’d shared some of our favorite childhood food memories, and the subject of Spanish Rice came up. My idea […]
Tradition. As you may have seen from this week’s Q&A, sausage & peppers has become our New Year’s Eve tradition and without it, I am not sure if we would be able to allow the next year to begin. This ritual began about 20 years ago, and went over so well, we need not even […]
Last weekend I decided to take advantage of the cooler temperatures and work outside in the garden. Tom did not decide to accompany me. He told me he had things he wanted to accomplish inside. That did not surprise me, and I didn’t really think much of it. After about an hour, our “cool” temperatures […]
Recently, I was putting in an order for a Costco delivery. I needed some oranges. So I looked up my choices. That was easy, there was one choice. Of course this was a Costco order so that one choice meant a large one. It was an 8 pound bag of naval oranges. Eight pounds is […]
For a while now I have been contemplating the need for a cooking vessel that has not been in my arsenal. I have various Dutch Ovens – cast iron, nonstick, stainless steel and plenty of frying pans both nonstick and stainless, but there is a sweet spot between the two that I knew needed to […]
This week’s post was actually supposed to be about something completely different, but after a baking mishap (remember, keeping it real is how we roll) I was having a conversation with Tom as we were tasting my failed bake and he said, “Well, we are going to have a stretch of really hot days, so […]
As seems to happen with me, the thing I planned to write about this week is not what I am actually going to write about. I’ve learned not to get too hung up about it, because plans are good, but don’t always go the way we imagine. The plan started simply enough, make some cupcakes, […]
The Food In-Laws 