Some nights even 15 minutes of cooking is 15 minutes too much. It took me two hours and fifteen minutes to get home from work last night. Normal commute from that part of my territory? One and a half hours, sometimes a little less if the traffic lights cooperate.…
At the grocery store last week, concise shopping list tight in my hand, I wheeled down isle four, passed the macaroni, the rice, almost to the Hamburger Helper, when something caught my eye: Busy work schedules…no…CRAZY work schedules sometimes make cooking meals next to impossible. And rather than…
I’m in a small book club with a few girlfriends and we meet as often as we’re able to breeze through books. That’s the upside to being in a smaller club; we’re not tied to a specific time frame to finish each book. The downside to being laid-back is that…
This slow cooker chili has a mouth-watering Texas twist! September is officially up and running, and now more than ever I’m starting to crave those comfort foods that depend on cooler weather: beef stew, apple pie, potato soup and—one of our fall favorites—chili. My chili recipe has taken several years to…
Last night Todd and I had our first Back to School Night. It was a hoot! We were surrounded by first timers nervously pacing while wondering where to sit, as well as seasoned professionals who sat back and observed, relaxed from their stumpy little kid chairs. Unlike a lot of…
The other day I had a Facebook message from a friend suggesting an online food contest she thought I should try. Actually, her words were, “You could rock this!” and I was flattered (even if it turns out she said the same thing to her other foodie friends). What kind…