It’s that time of year…football season! A group of our friends started a fantasy football league several years ago, and Monday (Labor Day) was draft day for our teams. Ha! I say ‘our teams’ as if I had one. My husband has his own team, but I only participate in the food-related events Continue reading
The house is back to its quiet self. With the heavy rains this past weekend we got an extra day with our son due to a flight cancellation. Alas, he has returned to college and it’s only my husband and I left to hold down the fort. It is both nice and melancholy at the same time, a different type of quiet around here.
As the boys have gradually moved on I’ve had to adjust from cooking for four of us down to just the two of us… Continue reading
This week has flown by. Our son has been visiting, but he heads back to school today. I was happy to be able to send him off with a decent homemade dinner on his last night here. He and I spent some time yesterday morning trying to figure out Continue reading
I love avocados. They stay close at hand in my kitchen; they have many uses. Slices garnish my eggs at breakfast (I’m more of a savory-food-for-breakfast gal than sweet); they are often found in my fresh summer salads. Nothing beats homemade guacamole, which I often prepare in my molcajete. Sometimes I just sprinkle on a smidge of salt and scoop it straight out of the skin. Then there is the ‘BLTA’ sandwich: Continue reading
WOW! This looks like the perfect summer drink! Opening my email this afternoon, I found a brand new video for a frozen libation from Cocktail Chemistry Lab, my new favorite drink site!! It is called a ‘Frosé’…a frozen rosé. It is a frozen concoction consisting of rosé wine, Aperol (a bitter Italian liqueur), St. Germaine, Cointreau, fresh lemon juice, and raspberries. So refreshing for this heat. Continue reading