...ala mode? This is a dish I made for Thanksgiving. I've never had anything quite like it and I have to admit, I'm not entirely sure if it is a side dish or a dessert. I have a pretty huge sweet tooth, actually I have several sweet teeth I believe, so it isn't much of a surprise that I would make a dish like this... I know it is a little late to make this for your Thanksgiving dinner dessert, but you can include it on your Christmas or New Year's menus. Sweet Potato Apple and Cranberry ... View the Post
early bird catches the worm
For the record, worms = ick. No matter how hard I try, I do not have the ability to sleep in. Sleeping in, if you can call it that, to me is 0800. Pretty lame. I also can't take naps. I lay there with my eyes closed, but never fall asleep. It's kind of annoying. Last Saturday, even though I didn't get to bed until 0100 (we were oot and aboot doing the socializing thing), I was wide awake at 0700. Score. There was nothing on TV (is there ever?), reading a book isn't my favorite early morning ... View the Post
The Hot House
"What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance." ~Jane Austen At least someone is enjoying the heat wave. My petunias. Me? Not so much. It is positively hot outside...and inside, too. Our AC died last night. It was already 88 degrees at 7:30 this morning and the thermostat in the house read 84. The weatherman warned me to stay hydrated because the heat index was going to reach 105 day. That was all I needed to hear. I went to Walmart and ... View the Post
Meal Planning
Hey, hey, ya'll! Hope you're having a lovely Thursday. I love short weeks, Friday comes so much faster! I've been meaning to start doing weekly meal plans for a while now. I tried it once and I even bought all the ingredients, but I forgot to write down the dishes I intended to make. I had no clue what to do with all the ingredients I purchased. FAIL. I decided that a short week would be a good time to try again since it's only 3 days worth of planning. I can ease into it that way. I ... View the Post
All you need is love.
Love is all you need. Some handsome fella showed up at my door with a dozen of these beauties. What a guy. I am so lucky! We started dating 6 years ago, and we decided this was something worthy of a celebratory dinner. We prefer to stay home and make dinner rather than go out and pay someone to serve us overpriced food and drinks in a noisy poorly lit room full of other people eating. Maybe we're crazy. I dunno. I know you're supposed to save the best for last, but I ... View the Post
food is my favorite.
Hi guys. The other night, my sweet teeth attacked me. Literally, attacked me. There was nothing I could do. 3 (THREE) layers of carrot cake Chocolate Eruption: chocolate cream, chunks of cheesecake, slivered almonds and chocolate curls Thank you, Sweet Pepper's Deli for having the best desserts ever. I die. These were devoured by Alex and I and distributed evenly to my thighs. But it was oh so worth it. Sometimes, it really is worth it. That's what the Supreme 90 is for anyway, ... View the Post