One of the few meals that I remember from my childhood that did not belong to my mom or dad was pot roast. A family friend made an amazing pot roast and I always ate it over match stick egg noodles. Growing up, it was one of the few meals which focused on red meat…… Continue reading Pot Roast Used to Scare Me…
We are at the end of summer here in New England. Technically the first day of autumn was this week – but today it is in the upper eighties, so it very much still feels like summer – as it often does in September. One of my favorite things to do in September is visit…… Continue reading Summer Vegetable Ratatouille
The last couple of weeks I had been doing such a great job getting back into my running. I ran five miles on Sunday, on Thursday the same week I went to my first running group in my neighborhood and ran 3 miles. In between I did a couple of miles a few times as…… Continue reading You win some, you lose some
We had two more snowy days this weekend. Are you noticing a theme to the blog these days? The first snow happened Friday night into Saturday morning. Thankfully the snow stopped around 9am so I could get to a Bridal Shower without a problem later in the day!The second snow storm went from mid-day Sunday…… Continue reading Chicken Cacciatore
Like most people, I love the weekends. I love sleeping in (just a little!) and having relaxing days when I can. Even on days where I have a lot of plans or errands to run, I always try to find an hour to relax in the morning. One of the things I do to relax…… Continue reading Weekend Breakfasts
Recently I have felt like I’ve hit a wall. I needed to mix up my meals a little bit more than normal. I was not sure if I could have another piece of chicken for dinner again. This weekend I was happy that we prepared steak for dinner on Saturday. On Sunday we had another…… Continue reading Pulled Pork and Slaw
Sometimes you make a dinner and you realize that it is just as good as almost anything you could order in a restaurant. This happens at our house a lot. I love making dinners that are fresh, flavorful and SC often says “Why would we go out to dinner when we can make something just…… Continue reading How to cook a steak!
I find that I am often thinking that I am making dinner in a pinch. It probably is not the case as much as I think it is. Often if I am in the kitchen I have everything I need and I am making dinner – I am usually all in. But this past Sunday…… Continue reading Dinner in a Pinch
Over the weekend we had our first blizzard of 2017. I hope it is our only blizzard of 2017 – but you never know. For this blizzard I was with my mom at her house, and it was nice and cozy with the fireplace going almost all weekend! We started our Saturday with some amazing…… Continue reading Blizzard
I don’t know about you, but since just before Thanksgiving I have been running around enjoying the holiday season. For me that means cooking, eating out, trying to see as many friends as possible and being very busy. All in all I had Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years and finally my birthday celebrations all within…… Continue reading Weeknight Chicken Curry
Sugar and Spice 