Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Last week I mentioned my Mother-in-Law was very sick and in fading. She passed away yesterday just shy of her 87th birthday. On the one hand, I am glad she isn’t suffering, but it doesn’t make it easier to think she won’t be around anymore. …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! I wish a Happy Thanksgiving to my whole family! David, Paul, Mark, Claire, Mom, Charlie, Laura, Rachel, Sarah, Biz, Jeff, Hannah, Joe, Margaret, Anne, Michelle, Joan, Brian, Alex, Nick, Maddie, Darby, Helen, Oly, Jessie, Mike, Chris, Mary, Tom, Marina, Andrea, Blair, Grace, …
I still can’t believe the year is coming to an end soon. It always seems like its summer, then my kids are back in school and then the Holidays are upon us! This week I have been especially busy. I once again overextended myself in …
From the left, Christina, my twin sister Biz, me, Mara and Mel! Great to eat with you wonderful ladies! It’s always great to meet people in person after following their blog, so it’s almost like you know them already even though you’ve never met face …
It was a super busy around my house this weekend. My daughter Claire turned nine yesterday!!! She had 8 of her friends over for her party and she had a great time. I will give you a great idea if you are hosting a bunch …
The answer is YES! The other night I started to make a batch of cookies for my family when I realized I had no eggs. It was already late and I was already in my jammies, so I quickly googled this question. There were a …
This year my office brought back something we haven’t done in several years….a cooking contest!! Of course I was super excited and we decided to have a Halloween/Fall cooking contest. You could made whatever you wanted and whichever was the office favorite wins a $20.00 …
My Mom gave me a great gift yesterday! When she handed it to me, I was a little confused at first…. For a second, I was going to say “Are you giving me a bible!?” But then I opened it up. It’s a recipe scrapbook! …
It’s been a busy week, and later nights due to my high schooler with after school things and a concert last night that didn’t get us home until almost 10:00 p.m. I didn’t really make anything fun yesterday, so today I am pulling out old …
Tomorrow is the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. It brings back memories of when I ran it with my husband in 2005 and 2006. Tomorrows weather is going to feel like summer with highs expected to be in the 80’s! In 2007 the race was …
Errign is hosting BSI this week, take a look at her blog to see the secret ingredient for this week! After her, then Dave from My Year on the Grill will be hosting. Sorry for any confusion! So last night my son Mark was telling …
I didn’t think that today could top yesterday, but it did! I was a little less nervous about going since I knew what to expect from yesterday. I was thinking of going back to the Blue Moon beer tent to ask for their help and …
I have so many pictures I’ll spread them out over a few posts! First of all, what a great day I had today! I was lucky enough to be able to volunteer for one of the biggest food and wine events of the year, Gourmet …
I’ve talked about Rouxbe cooking school before in these posts: This post And this post And this post And this post! Basically Rouxbe Cooking school is an on-line cooking school where you can take hundreds of different cooking classes from the comfort of your own …
Congrats to: CHRISTINA! @ Dinner at Christina’s!! JENN @ Cooking a weigh the lbs! JENNY K. She lost weight (successfully!) last year with Weight Watchers. Using Random.org you guys WON! E-mail me your address and you will be sent a coupon to try any Sargento …
All day today I kept writing the date….September 3rd, and I felt that there was something significant about it, until it hit me. Today is the day my Dad died September 3rd, 1998. My oldest son was only 2, my younger son was only 7 …
So, yesterday was the first day of my walking experiment. I have decided instead of riding my bike to work, which only takes me about 10 minutes each way, to walk to work. It takes me 27 minutes to walk to work and if I …
The summer is over, and my kids head back to school today!!! The weirdest part is my oldest son is starting high school today, the same high school that my husband and I went to! It seems like it was yesterday when they were this …
I got this recipe from Giada from FOOD TV. I was browsing their site over the weekend looking for something new to do with chicken. Like most families, I make chicken a few times a week, so I am ALWAYS looking for new ideas! This …
Yesterday, Dana, my guest poster had great ideas to eat right at the work place. I thought I would share some of the tips I do to help me stay on track at work. The first thing is I ALWAYS eat breakfast at my desk …
I started this blog in April of 2008 and I can’t believe this is my 600th post! So, in honor of that, I thought I would share some of my favorite/popular recipes/posts with you. One of my favorite things I’ve done so far is profile …
I was so lucky today! Along with about 15 other people, I get to test a possible lunch menu for a restaurant in my town called May del Sol. They’ve been open for a while, but soon will be open for lunch in a few …
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now… I’ve been eating way healthier, read/write about healthy eating and I’m doing the worst thing – too much diet pop! When I think about how much money I’ve spent on the stuff over the years, I …
[/caption] Mark’s day started today with waking up his older brother at 7 a.m. poking him in the back saying “It’s my birthday” over and over again. I got to sleep in until 8! Next on the agenda, opening presents, coffee for me and my …