Happy Spring! I love Spring for a plethora of reasons. I live in Minnesota and have for most of my life. Maybe this phenomenon happens in other parts of the country too, but here Spring always feels like we suddenly are able to come out of hibernation and get reacquainted with friends, neighbors, and […]
Fettuccine with Cashew-Chardonnay Sauce I’ve always been a big fan of trying new things. With that being said, this year I decided to try not to dislike Valentine’s Day. In the past, I always looked at this holiday as commercialism exploiting love. Or, a holiday to make lonely people feel really, really sad. Or,
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And so the remodel project continues. Original Bed New Bed (with drawers!) Oreo approves. We have shelves up, and now I’m playing around with different arrangements of my things on the shelves. The mirrors will eventually be hung on the wall above the long gray DVD case. New Living Room Shelving I also started
Well, it was bound to happen. The first snowfall of the season arrived yesterday and brought with it over 200 crashes in just under 3 hours. Uhg. Suddenly the decision about which new tires to buy and if they should be winter tires seems crucial. Needless to say, I did not take my skidding
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One of the things that surprised me last year with my Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box of veggies was the plethora of deep green leafy vegetables in the late fall. Now I know that these nutritiously dense vegetables love a little bit of cold! But how to cook them?! Kale is easy – I’ve only
Well, we made it home safely from France last week! It was a trip filled with exhilarating, challenging, beautiful, disgusting, amazing, refreshing, delicious, exhausting events. Even now, a week later, it is difficult to really comprehend our adventure. I missed cooking. I was actually surprised at how much I missed my kitchen. So,
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Growing up, I loved my mom’s no bake cookies. They consisted mainly of chocolate, oatmeal, and coconut. Delicious. My husband is not a big fan of coconut, so I rarely make them anymore. However, when I was craving peanut butter and chocolate the other day, I stumbled upon a healthier version of my mom’s
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Good news on the puppies, both Beau and Flo have been adopted! Hooray! If you missed my post last week about these two adorable and abandoned puppies, just know that this is very good news! This week we got another box of veggies from our CSA. Cucumbers, sweet Spanish onions, Italian garlic, broccoli,
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The summer’s harvest is in! What fantastic eating! It all began with our CSA box of veggies and cheese. We got eggplant, sweet corn, Italian frying peppers (like bell peppers), red beets, Italian garlic, Thai basil (in the bag), sweet Spanish onions, carrots… …and cucumbers, grape tomatoes, summer squash, broccoli, Sweet Sarah’s
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This week, I had one of the best meals in my life at Haute Dish. It was pure bliss. I adore Haute Dish despite the fact that they have a heavy emphasis on meat dishes (one of the items on the menu this week was Homemade Tofu Smothered in Meat Sauce… it just seems wrong!).
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