On Thursday night I had Friday night’s dinner all planned out in my head. A friend of mine was going to bring in a bunch of basil from his garden for me and I was going to take it home and make fresh pesto. I already had a pizza dough ready, and I was excited…… Continue reading Friday Night Dinner: Pisto with Eggs
On Tuesday my mom returned home from visiting my grandmother in Tennessee. She came back with a lot of amazing homegrown tomatoes. We knew we had to eat them pretty quickly because we did not to waste a single one of my grandmother’s homegrown tomatoes. On Wednesday mom and I both had great tomato sandwiches…… Continue reading Tomato Gratin
Last Saturday night I hosted a dinner party for two good friends, for a total of four people for dinner. Not a huge gathering by any means, but it was fun and intimate. I started the day by going to get a table cloth for the dining room table. Simple enough, I thought. But one…… Continue reading Rustic Blueberry Tart
Good Monday evening to you, blog readers! Before I get to my super simple and simply delicious dinner – let’s do a quick recap of the day. I got a super late start to my day which was unfortunate. My alarm went off starting at 6:15 and I did not get out of bed until…… Continue reading Simple Summer Dinner…
My first couple of days off the ‘cleanse’ were pretty interesting. I really enjoyed the food I was not able to eat last week. Saturday morning I was in a rush to get out the door – I really enjoyed the fact that I could grab a Kashi bar and take it with me on…… Continue reading The Last Couple of Days
Day four of the Clean Eating Project is coming to a close – thank goodness. All I want is some vanilla frozen (healthy!) yogurt to go with the beautiful peach I just ate. Is that a horrible thing to want? 🙂 Remember back to this morning when it was 8:30 or so and I had…… Continue reading The Tale of Two Dinners (The Rest of Day 4)
Good morning, blog readers. Welcome to Clean Eating Project Day 4. It is currently 8:27 AM and the only thing I have had so far today is a glass of water and I am currently sipping coffee out of my MET Opera mug, with a little almond milk stirred in. Still waking up in the…… Continue reading Clean Eating Project Day 4
Day three of the Clean Eating Project started off really well. I have been so pleased when I wake up during this project not feeling hungry. It is also a really nice thing to go to bed not feeling hungry. (Yes, these are certainly first world problems – I wish that no one had to…… Continue reading Clean Eating Project Day Three
On Monday night my mom returned home from just over two weeks in France. She had an amazing vacation, and I planned a welcome home dinner for her. It included halibut that I picked up at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday. This piece of fish was a-mazing. Over the weekend I found my favorite french…… Continue reading Halibut
Hi there blog readers. Another weekend in New England, another snow storm in New England – that should be the new saying around here! It started snowing around 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon and it is 6:30 in the evening the following day – and guess what? It is still snowing! I am fine with it,…… Continue reading A weekend of soup
Sugar and Spice 