Asparagus and Basmati Rice / Winner of Peanut Butter Giftpack

Asparagus and Basamti Rice

Hi Everyone, You may have noticed that I finally out grew my old, and I mean old Blackberry phone and upgraded to an iPhone!  Yah!  I LOVE it!  Honestly, it’s been a few days and I don’t know what I would do without it.  I have been having fun playing with Instagram and now I [...]

Pumpkin Soup / SBT / Giveaway

Pumpkin Soup

Hi Everyone, I’m a little sad today!  :(  Today is the last recipe that you will get from Skinny Bitch Tuesday.  I enjoyed meeting and getting to know the girls, Claire, Stephanie and Michelle.  For our last recipe, Stephanie chose Pumpkin Soup.  It’s a perfect recipe to say goodbye to Skinny Bitch Tuesday and a [...]

Grilled Haricot Vert French Green Beans with Slivered Almonds

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Hi Everyone, Woohoo!!!  It’s finally Friday!!  It’s been a long week and I am so happy the weekend is here.  What do you have planned for the weekend?  All I know is I want to hike and catch up on some food making for next week!!! Today’s recipe is part two of last nights Chicken [...]

Skinny Bitch Tuesdays / Wild Rice Pilaf

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Hi Everyone, Wow, what a weather change.  Remember yesterday when I was complaining on how hot it was?  Well today, was rain and 62 degrees.  Crazy weather!  How do you go from 97 to 62 over night?  I’m happy it rained though, that way I didn’t have to water my garden.  Plus it’s Monday and [...]

Forget the Rain, I’m bringing in the Tropics

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Hi everyone, How was your St. Patrick’s Day?  I didn’t do much, just house work and some cooking, but time sure did go fast.  Here in Northern California it has been nothing but rain, clouds and cold, so I decided to bring the warmth to me, with my tropical dinner. I wanted the taste of the tropics [...]

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Hi Everyone, Yah it Friday!!!  Woohoo!!!  I am so happy for the weekend!!  Time to cook, relax, read my new Cooking Light magazine and I don’t know what else, but I just can’t wait! When I came home from work  Thursday, the worse thing happened to me!  I walked in the door of my house [...]

Stuffed Peppers Soup

Good morning, How are you?  Are you getting ready for the new year?  Have you made any New Years Resolutions?  If you did, do you think you can keep them?  Funny how we wait till January first to make new or revisit old goals for the new year.  We all do it, why?  If we [...]

Multigrain Apple Pilaf

Good morning and happy Tuesday! I came home from work with a whole idea in my head for dinner, but my husband started dinner already, so I had to move quick!  I came up with a 15 minute apple and pilaf dish that pleased my pallet.   I used pre-cooked the pilaf to make this [...]