Taco Soup! Because we have an absurdly busy Saturday ahead of us and because tomorrow is an extra-fun holiday and because the sun is shining for the first time in what seems like a month of Saturdays... I have resurrected this recipe (Easter pun intended) from my cooking blog and am posting it here for your (equally busy?) consideration. Taco … [Read more...]
Making Memories, DAVANNI’S Restaurant Style
Being a frugal (i.e. dirt poor) blogger... I am always happy to review local restaurants in exchange for a gift card or three. This is to the advantage of both my family and...um....me. My kids get snockered up on pizza & breadsticks... And I get to satisfy my overwhelming need to be … [Read more...]
A Lament, a Recipe, yet another Poem
So the thing about inadvertently dying one's hair black is... When your gray roots grow in, you have a skunk stripe. It's the Pepé le Pew look! (Goes with my French temperament.) * * * These cookies. Trust me. You want to bake them. * * * Yes, I know, another poem. Indulge me, please; it's a good one. I … [Read more...]
New for Me: A Weekly Menu
Trying something new & improved: planning out a weekly menu! Fingers crossed; it's Monday and I'm feeling optimistic. I was inspired by the ever-awesome Mary Ellen, to whose blog I'm linking and to whom I owe whatever accountability I do or do not have. Monday, November 10th Breakfast: Hot Cereal Lunch: PB & J … [Read more...]