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get your grill-on!

It was really great spending time with my Mom and Rich last week who were in visiting from Miami. Those two are pushing 70 and didn’t sit still for a minute. This was supposed to be a mini-vacation for them, and the entire time they were here, they fixed things around my house.

Apparently things like [...]

asparagus salad

We have been getting lots of rain in Chicago.

This past Friday, apparently we even survived a Bow Echo that hit our city at about 4pm. As I ran around the house closing windows, watching the sky turn green and the giant trees in my yard doing backbends, my local weatherman informed me that at that [...]

black olive tapenade

So I’m happy to tell you that my mom and Rich are up from Miami this week for a visit and they’re staying with us for a few days. We all went to my brother’s house for a BBQ on Sunday, and I wanted to make something fun to bring.  And I also had all [...]

the best BBQ salmon EVER

A bold statement, yes.

But, in my world it’s true.  It’s my absolute favorite way to prepare salmon and I can’t let the summer go by without sharing this with you. It’s time to fire up the grill!

I’ve been addicted to this salmon ever since my friend David made it last summer for me. Well, he actually made [...]

breaded pork chop panini bliss

Today is officially my first day of summer break.  Yay!

Yes, I know I’m very fortunate to have my summers off.  I plan on spending my days at the beach with rosebud eating ice cream. Or, doing whatever else we feel like doing after we roll out of bed at, oh say…..whatever time we wake up.

Another [...]