A few weeks ago I wrote about how I have been debating about going back onto the Keto Diet for a while. I had gained some (less than three pounds) of my lost weight back and was not happy. But, by just watching my portions and cutting back on some of the carbs, I lost…
My post will be brief for this Poetry Friday! It’s been a week of subzero temps here in the mid-west and today is no different. However, errands must still be done, so I’m off to take care of things while it is still sunny and the illusion persists that it is warmer that it truly…
Yesterday I was motivated to bake. My mom sent me home from New York with an extra copy of the Taste of Home cooking magazine. While I used to have a subscription to this monthly source of recipes, I let it lapse because I rarely found a keeper in it. But, since I hadn’t browsed…
Some of my faithful readers are aware that I recently travelled to New York State to see my aging parents. They are 83 and 84. We got home, after a 900 mile car ride, last night at one o’clock in the morning Central Standard Time. I have not seen my parents since November of 2019,…
When my husband and I were on the keto diet, I posted updates on our Keto Journey on Mondays. Now, we are far past the time on the actual diet and are maintaining our respective goal weights (173# and 125#). These are our weights now, a week past the holiday (eating) season. Personally, I am…
It’s been almost three years since I posted about making Limoncello, the Lemon flavored Italian liquor that is bright and flavorful. Since that time, I’ve made at subsequent batches, but none with my own homegrown lemons. My lemon tree has since died, but fortunately, we are able to purchase Meyer lemons in bulk large enough…
Typically, November is not a favorite month. However, after a cool and mostly gray October, we’ve had a series of very beautiful days here in the upper mid-west. The sky has been clear and cloudless. The temperature has hovered around 70 degrees. It’s has felt so good to shed some of the layers that we…
My 21 year old bought himself an InstantPot for his apartment. He lives alone, works and goes to college. In the first couple of weeks he’s had the pot, he’s made sweet potato fries, and chicken wings that he’s raved about. The chicken wing endorsement is a huge deal for us! Before being transplanted in…
Having just completed my second batch of Mexican restaurant-style salsa in as many weeks, I thought I’d post about it. However, this post is less about making the salsa than the drive to make it and what we found out when we went to eat it with some tortilla chips! Warning: Be ready for a…