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basil pesto, the beach and hot chocolate

I’m beginning to think that I do my best cooking when the pressure is off.

Meaning, when I’m cooking for little people who get excited over buttered noodles, everything I attempt seems to turn out beautifully.  Not so much for the adult dinner parties I have thrown lately.

With the kiddies, I relax and experiment with all [...]

zuni roast chicken with bread salad

First of all, I’m excited to tell you that this is my very first post on my very first laptop, and I’m wireless from my very own couch! And that’s because I am now the proud owner of a brand new MacBook Pro!

As much as I do love writing this blog (even more so now from my comfy couch), this [...]

mama’s meatballs

So because my last post was about our beloved Sunday gravy, I thought it was important to do my very next post on our equally beloved meatballs. I’m hoping some of you are going to try my Sunday gravy, and if you do (just between you and me) you really should make Mama’s meatballs to [...]

sunday gravy

We take gravy seriously in my family.

There is an on-going battle among the cousins (all 12 of us) that we each make the best gravy, meaning our own personal recipe is better than everyone else’s gravy in the family. The funny thing is, we all make a variation of the exact same gravy, which is [...]