I'm back at it again! Menu Plan Monday is a great way to get ideas for new meals for your family, so link up and get inspired! Monday: Take Out Thai (hubby's birthday) Tuesday: Leftover Turkey Chili Wednesday: Fajitas Thursday: Buffalo Chicken Salad Friday: Grilled Chicken served with brown rice with vegetables (oh so boring!) Saturday: Homemade Pizza Sunday: Chicken Salsa ...
Swiss Chard with Cashew Creme Sauce
Delish, simple and nutritious! This beautiful dish is certain to delight your diners and leave them asking for more. There is a lot of color and texture going on here. Keep in mind, though, that there is some planning involved with this dish. You’ll be soaking the cashews for the Cashew Crème in water for at least for hours – or overnight. Not counting the soaking, this dish should take you ...
Menu Plan Monday – 02.21.11
One of my favorite things to do is plan our family meals. Typically, I do our meal planning on Wednesdays because I do our grocery shopping on Thursday. Since I didn't want to miss out on the Menu Plan Monday fun, I thought I'd post what we ate last week.Meatless Monday: Swiss Chard with Cashew Creme SauceTuesday: Turkey TacosWednesday: Jamaican Grilled Chicken Wings with mixed green ...
Public Service Announcement: Today is National Drink Wine Day
Considering this is a national event, and it was not mentioned on my local news, I felt it my duty to share it with you.I happen to love wine, making it particularly easy for me to participate in this event. I also feel that my wine knowledge is above average, that big ol' company that I worked for had a thing or two for wine and taught me a thing or two about it. Here are my wine tips for ...
Book Club: My Fair Lazy
My first book club choice was was mildly funny. Not even semi-close to hysterical, which is what I've come to expect from Jen Lancaster. I thought perhaps I'd missed something, so I went back and read it again. Because I have so much free time.I am aware that that Jen Lancaster has already written four New York Times bestsellers, but this one should have gone back to the editor. Seriously, I think ...
Wordless Wednesday: Flag Flying
The first story I saw on my morning news was a piece featuring the National Guard's 26th "Yankee" Brigade who are headed to Afghanistan to assume command of the Kabul Base Cluster. This photo is posted as a reminder of all, and in honor of, those who are serving and who've lost their lives serving.Photograph taken Memorial Day, 2010 ...