One of the most positive things about moving is that our magazine deliveries have stopped. We were getting three issues of the Food Network Magazine, two of Eating Well, a copy of All Recipes, and Cooking Light. The Cooking Light magazine was the only one I had subscribed to and expected to receive. The others…
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Foodie Monday: Favorite Flavor and a Few Changes for August
It’s August 1st! How the heck did that happen? It’s been a busy six months! In February we decided to put our home of 16 years up for sale but wait until spring to do it. In the meantime, we started cleaning out. When we met with realtors, we decided on listing the first week…
Slice of Life: The Spice Rack
We’re moving … in three days. Three days is all we’ve got to finish getting out of our house! Yesterday I started working on the kitchen. I packed some kitchen essentials that went to the lake house already (where we are moving), and they actually got unpacked last Saturday. But, as anyone with a kitchen…
Foodie Monday: Hill of Beans Fish Fry and Pie
Whew! Where did the week go?! Last week flew I suppose due to our being very busy. On Tuesday I drove my new jewelry inventory to the gallery in Iowa where I’ve been a consignor for the last eight years. I took a friend with me and we had lunch out in Prairie du Chein…
Foodie Monday: Donuts
We love donuts. Obviously, donuts are not good for you. They are tasty, though. Every time we have a chance to have donuts that are made in a specialty store or bakery, we take advantage of it. For a while, we had a Krispy Kream in our area. While it was fun to take our…
Slice of Life Tuesday: A Late Pi Day Post & Finding a Way to Help the People of Ukraine.
Last week, I was taking a break from my writing my blog. It was time to refresh and relieve myself of the irritations that come with blogging daily for five years. I write to be heard, sometimes I’m not. End of story. A few days before Pi Day or 3/14 (3.14….) I saw a social…
Foodie Monday: Grandma’s Cutout Cookies
We all romanticize some things about our childhood and for me, it is the memory of my Grandma’s cutout cookies at Christmas time. I remember the smell of her house when she was baking, sweet anise filled the air along with the smell of the soft sugary white cookie in the oven. Her dining room…
Foodie Monday: Holiday Favorites
One of my favorite things about the holidays is baking! I enjoy baking more than cooking. And although I’m at the point where I need to start watching my carbs again, this is not preventing me from making Christmas cookies. Since Thursday, I’ve made three different kinds of cookies that we enjoy over the holidays….
Foodie Monday: Childhood Cookie Memories
Somehow I’ve gotten in the habit of posting food or diet blogs on Mondays. They are generally well-received so I am keeping the tradition! This time of year, with many holidays celebrating many faiths, there is a lot of baking going on. Our home is no different. Today, however, I am going to share a…
Foodie Monday: Blueberry Scones
In a few recent posts, I discussed blueberry picking and blueberry pie. Last night I made blueberry scones! This was a recipe I had saved from the Food Network website a while back. I knew with a bowl of fresh blueberries sitting in my fridge, I just had to try it! “Scones got their start…