Last night's dinner offered a choice of soups, sweet potato or 10 beans, with salad and cornbread, followed by roasted zucchini, brussel sprouts and eggplant, an Amy's veggie pizza and barbecued tofu steaks. Dessert got out of hand-- I made Rita's pumpkin muffins (with devils food cake mix) Veronica brought cookies she baked and Derek brought half of a left over carrot cake … [Read more...] about 11/11/11
Food
Kitchen Tips, Tricks and Mix
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I would take the month of November to share some kitchen/cooking/dining tips that I have stumbled upon, and wish I knew sooner. Good month to share some recipes, too... Do you ever make a big beautiful salad for company, only to dress it and find it looks like a big bowl of lettuce as everything else disappears in the mix? … [Read more...] about Kitchen Tips, Tricks and Mix
The Scariest Things About Halloween
Let me preface this entry by saying that I LOVE HALLOWEEN. I am all about The GreatPumpkin, the costumes, the scary noises, the haunted houses, the tricks and of course, THE TREATS. It makes me sad that Halloween is NOT what it was when I was a kid. My friends and I came home from school, grabbed a pillowcase, picked a neighborhood and exhausted it until dinner time. Home … [Read more...] about The Scariest Things About Halloween
Hoops, Apples and Happiness
Some tidbits I found in Men's Health Magazine: EXTRA SLEEP CAN IMPROVE BASKETBALL GAME-- A study done at Standford University found that sleeping an extra 2 hours a night for 7 weeks can improve shooting accuracy by about 9%. Hope our dream team read that, too. THE NEWEST MUSCLE FOOD -- An apple a day may bring more muscle your way. While studying muscle atrophy at the … [Read more...] about Hoops, Apples and Happiness
Whole Lotta Love
Tuesday Mitch and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and had the pleasure of having lunch at Season's 52, in Boca Raton and I LOVED it. Mitch has been there several times before, but I don't get out of my 3 mile radius much (seriously) so this was a treat for me. I ordered their farmer's market vegetable platter and it was fabulous. It came with a small (really small) … [Read more...] about Whole Lotta Love