From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Game Day Meatballs

January 30, 2009

Are you still looking for a great recipe for Super Bowl Sunday? My newest post over at the S C Johnson Right@Home site is sure to please the guys in your house! I hope you will check it out.
Thanks to you all for the suggestions for sharing some of your tried and true family friendly [...]

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Win a Amazon.com Gift Certificate (and Black Raspberry Meringue Bars)

January 29, 2009

Please excuse me while I vent for a second. My husband has been traveling for just about every week since August for business. Most often, he leaves before we wake up on Monday morning and comes back on Friday evening. He has occasionally come back at 11pm on Thursday night only to turn around and [...]

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Enichilads and Amazing Taste Seasonings

January 25, 2009

First of all, I have a new post up at the S C Johnson Right@Home website. You don’t want to miss this tasty recipe. It is an adaptation of my sister-in-laws delicious homemade enchiladas. Head over to Right@Home to check it out and while you are there get signed up for the Right@Home newsletter. Every [...]

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Chance Encounters (and Baked Alaska)

January 22, 2009

I’ve mentioned this before, but I am a firm believer that every one you meet is placed in your life at that point for a very specific reason. We may never know what that reason is, but even those chance encounters… a small conversation with someone while waiting in line at the grocery store, a [...]

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Dark Photos Photoshop Tip (and Thai Shrimp Linguine)

January 20, 2009

I’m going to preface this post by saying that I am just about the last person in the world to be passing out Photoshop and food photography tips.  That may be the case, but I am going to do it anyway! My dear friend, Julie Lackey, who is an extremely talented portrait photographer, shared this [...]

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Falling in Love Over Football (and Grasshopper Cake)

January 18, 2009

I fell in love with my now husband at a football game. We had actually been friends for quite awhile and he kept asking me out but I kept saying no. I felt like he was just too serious and responsible for someone I wanted to date at that time. In fact, I recall on [...]

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Mom Advice Simplified – Simplifying the Dinner Hour

January 15, 2009

If you missed the Blog Talk Radio radio show with Amy Clark of Mom Advice and myself, you can listen to the show up above. The interview lasts about 15 minutes and then Amy has shares some additional advice about menu planning!
Thanks for tuning in!

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Admiration and I’ll admit it… Jealousy! (Pasta Carbonara)

January 13, 2009

Do you ever run across a person, whether in real life or in the virtual world that you are so impressed with? You meet them and wonder… how the heck do they do it all and you walk away thinking “Wow – I wish I could be like them.”
I’ll admit… some of you out there [...]

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Big City Living (and Bacon & Egg Cups)

January 12, 2009

I grew up in a town with a population of a whoppin’ 1,000 residents. As children, we would walk the streets freely after dark without our parents worrying about us being harmed. My friends and I would sit up on the curb of the local convenience store or on the bench outside of the post [...]

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Family Fun and Peabody’s Snickerdoodle Muffins

January 9, 2009

I admit it… I’m a little slow on the whole New Year’s Resolutions thing. We have been so busy since Christmas that I feel like the New Year came upon us without giving me the chance to really reflect on what I want to accomplish this year.  I have already mentioned that for our household, [...]

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