Fruit & Veggie Pops

Fruit Basket It’s getting warmer here in Southern California and it seems that any time the temperature  gets above 72 degrees my boys start asking for popsicles and ice cream. Usually we get them those mighty mini pops from the store that are roughly the size of a postage stamp (not too much sugar) and are labeled  Read More...
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Roast Cauliflower with Capers and Onions

Dishes on the Side Believe it or not, my first cauliflower cooking experience was only a month or so ago when I made Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes. Since then I’ve used it along side asparagus in a delicious soup and now here I am roasting it out right. As I’m sure most of you knew (long before I got over  Read More...
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Salty Dog Cocktail

Salty Dogs I had my first Salty Dog a year or so ago and I immediately loved it. The grapefruit juice is tart and delicious and combined with the salty rim it very nearly covers the taste of the gin completely… a dangerous proposition. These are perfect for a warm spring afternoon, and since grapefruit is in  Read More...
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Hearty Beef Stew

Dinner is Served Warm and Hearty This spring it seems our weather patterns can’t sort themselves out. Today is a beautiful sunny 73 degrees, while Friday it was pouring rain and quite cold outside. Since it was so cold and Dave wasn’t feeling very well on that rainy day I decided to make him something heart warming for  Read More...
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Momfession: Marriage to the 8th Degree

Best Buddies Yesterday I was moving some dates around in my calendar and I realized that next month is my wedding anniversary. Just as that date seems to slip up on me every year, so too did these last eight years. Where did the time go? It seems like we’ve lived a thousand lifetimes since our wedding  Read More...
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Citrus Smoked Ham

Ready for Lunch I know readers, I know. If I was a good food blogger I would have made this recipe and posted it for you weeks ago so you could have used it for your Easter lunch yesterday. But let’s be honest, that’s a whole lot of ham to inflict on my family in the span of  Read More...
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The Chic Show #5

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Homemade Almond Joys

Almond Joys Have Nuts   As I type this…..I may or may not be counting down the days until the Lenten season is over (4 days if you were wondering). As with every other year I gave up sugar (on of my vices) and Sunday just can’t get here quick enough so I can eat the Girl Scout Cookies  Read More...
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Easter Cupcakes

Hiding Easter Eggs   Hiding Easter Eggs Every time Jackson’s class has holiday party they ask the parents to bring something in off a specified list. When I’m really busy, I sign up to bring “themed napkins” or “paper cups” and when I have a little extra time I sign up for the dessert, like I did today  Read More...
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Wood You or Woodn’t You?

IMG_2881 This isn’t so much a craft as a technique you can use for SO many things.  You need some decorations for Easter? Consider it done. You have an empty space on a wall that could use some prettying up? Don’t give it another thought.  You’re going to blow your own mind once you see how  Read More...
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