The Salad Caper

#1. Clair’s question. What’s the biggest kitchen blunder you’ve made?
I’m not a cooking expert so I have so many blunders. I think the biggest blunder I made was using spoiled tomato sauce for spaghetti – I had to redo the whole thing agaiN!
#2. What’s your favorite snow [...]

The past few weeks have been hard on me. Life was stressful, my schedule so hectic that I felt a lot of things going with my body. I began feeling sick all the time, my eyes hurt a lot, I was feeling lethargic and my headaches were a lot worse than before. I think stress, [...]

With Cake and Wine of course

I miss Alex Franco cakes!

Cancer kills.
Among men, Prostate Cancer is the leading cause of death once you hit the age of 50 years. What is good to know though is that even if prostate cancer has a high chance of mortality, it actually is quite curable if detected early and is preventable.
Once the prostrate gland is impaired, especially in [...]

#1. bestmomma’s question. If you could copy the cooking expertise and ability of one person, who would it be?
I’d like to cook like my grandmothers – they can cook dishes that can satisfy plenty of stomachs.
#2. What’s the first red food that comes to your mind?
Strawberries! [...]

1. Carne Asada
Carne Asada is a Mexican recipe for marinated, grilled beef served in in tortillas. This is not your run of the mill taco. This is a flavorful and delicious meal that is great for any occasion.
2. Peppered New York Strip Steak
Lee Custer sent in this recipe for a spiced up a New York [...]

I found a great new recipe site with the most awesome pictures – Pioneer Woman Cooks!

And I’m going to try this real soon:
Pasta with Eggplant
Olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 3 medium eggplants [...]

I think this is cute In time for their 120th anniversary!

1886 – Drink Coca-Cola
1904 – Delicious and Refreshing
1905 – Coca-Cola Revives and Sustains
1906 – The Great National Temperance Beverage
1917 – Three Million a Day
1922 – Thirst Knows No Season
1923 – Enjoy Thirst
1924 – Refresh Yourself
1925 – Six Million a Day
1926 – It [...]

I love to eat out. I’m actually the exact opposite of my husband – who can eat anywhere and just “eat”. He doesn’t care for ambiance or things like that, as long as he has rice, he is happy. Me – not only do I love the food, but the ambiance and atmosphere need to [...]

I have been browsing a lot of furniture ideas for the kitchen lately. I have been wanting to organize our piece of kitchen land for quite some time now. I bought new Corelle plates and Corningware dishware from a friend and I am expecting them in a few weeks’ time. Next on my project list [...]