Necessity is the mother of invention. Or in my case the loathe of going to the store twice in one day. I forgo

I celebrated the New Year in Michigan this year. It started snowing in the afternoon on New Year's Eve and did

I finally checked out Mariano's, a new grocery chain that is all the rage in our area. There is not one in my

We escorted summer out in style. We made the most of the three day weekend and had a ton of fun and good eats.

August. It is August already. There are so many things on my summer list of things to do that still need check

I recently called our cable company to cut back on our cable channels. For one, we don't need to spend that mu

Over the years of working in downtown Chicago I have had hundreds of lunches out. I think the place I have eat

Appetizers, my favorite meal of all.  Seriously, I could live on them for every meal of the day.  But I alwa

Challenge, meatless steak au poivre... I think the natural choice would be portobello mushrooms, they are a gr

Not sure I ever mentioned I used to do roller derby.  Well not the full contact version, but a derby for "wom

So ya know I preserved those lemons with no clue how I was going to use them.  My husband actually hates lemo

It has been a rainy couple of weeks in Chicago, in fact the kids got a rain day today. With the rain all night

We did not have a very traditional Easter this year.  It was all about house chores and catching up on sleep.

As it turns out, I can't cook for just four people.  But better too much than not enough!  I had the pleasur

I'm back!  Arrived from Dublin just in time to head to a local Irish bar for a big St. Patrick's Day celebrat

I have a love and hate of this time of year.  Halloween kicks it off with candy at every turn, Thanksgiving k

A free evening is rare these days.  A free evening that coincides with me having inspiration and energy t

We neglected our grill this summer.  The hot summer was mostly to blame.   The weather lately has been perf

A delicious introduction. They got along swimmingly.  After a few weeks soaking the bourbon took on the color

Plenty of tomatoes and basil to enjoy this week thanks to the CSA.  Layers of tomatoes, basil, finely shredde

Mix and match to taste, you really can't go wrong with the amounts.

Strawberries + Basil = Summer Easy + No Bake (almost) = Vacation Summer vacation in a pie crust... I love cook

Pre-vacation eating can get interesting.  Our fridge was just about bare, with the exception of all the goodi

Not much to say on this one.  I am loving the lemon basil from this week's CSA basket, a bright version of my

Salad is the name of the game these days.  It's been hot, we've been busy, salad fits the bill.  We tend to

Part two of our small plates evening was even better than part one.  I am a little hesitant to tell you about

Appetizers are an ideal summer meal in my opinion, especially when it is too hot to fire up the grill or be st

So yeah, it's been a busy month.  We never even really celebrate Father's Day for my husband.  Or celebrated

It's been a busy month, Saturday was the first time in over a week my husband and I got to sit down for dinner

The whole low carb thing is easy enough with a few exceptions... Pizza Beer Party Food I've been happy enough

Adapted from Kalyn's Kitchen

Hy husband kindly volunteered himself to join me in my new eating plan.  He has been a good sport about for t

Adapted from How Sweet It Is

  Gotta say, I am ok with no one to talk to tonight.  My husband went out to watch basketball and my 6 m

  Breakfast, yes breakfast again.  Honestly I find cooking quinoa to be a pain in the arse.   I inevit

  Last year to celebrate St. Patrick's day I successfully attempted home cured corned beef.  I wanted to