As lovely as it is to take a family vacation in a beautiful and restful spot, and as grateful as I feel for the opportunity to do just that, eating restaurant food day-in and day-out was taking its toll on all of us. Even my husband, whose iron gut is legendarily impervious to long-term assaults [...]
Although we are not a “gluten-free” household per se, we are a “wheat-free” household, and as such are always looking for delicious alternatives to favorite wheat products. We’ve tried a number of wheat-free/gluten-free frozen pizza crusts in our quest to keep the joys of eating pizza in our lives. So far, this one has become [...]
Have you ever seen a Blog Jog? It’s a day of pathways through the web leading to new and different thinkers and great gift ideas to kick off your holiday shopping. On November 21, 2010, I will be joining Carol Denbow’s second annual Blog Jog! I will be giving away a prize or two, and [...]
This past weekend I was honored to be the “guest author” at the Winery at Holy Cross Abbey‘s Harvest Fest in Cañon City, Colorado. A working Benedictine monastery and school since 1924, Holy Cross Abbey has a viniculture and winemaking history. Father Kenneth, a monk at the Abbey since the 1950s or 60s, spearheaded the [...]
Faced with the remnants from a pair of delicious roasted chickens recently, I decided to create an Italian-Mexican fusion meal with pasta shells, goat cheese, and that secret ingredient: enchilada sauce. We lo-o-ove enchilada sauce! It was surprisingly, or perhaps not so surprisingly, tasty and my children have clamored for it several times since. I [...]
Last weekend we grilled wild-caught Alaskan salmon on a cedar plank alongside some asparagus rubbed with olive oil. As scrumptious as it all was, we still had some leftover the next day for me to incorporate into another dinner. I decided to incorporate the leftovers into a pasta salad and make it all new again. [...]
My 5-year old daughter enjoyed an outdoor symphony performance on the grass the other night and came home with several enormous itchy welts on her ankles. Luckily, I know several remedies to help ease the itching and calm the inflammation that I feel safe using on such a sensitive little one. 1. First, I gave [...]
An unexpected bonus of hosting the Land of Nutrition at this year’s Walk MS events was discovering a new product from Clif Bar Energy bars: The Clif C Bar. The Clif C Bar is a different sort of portable food sporting a double layer of fruit and nuts and made from a handful of recognizable [...]
