Our Thanksgiving Feast 2010

So many people asked me what we were doing for Thanksgiving this year that I just had to share. (Any excuse to take photos is a good excuse, right? Right!) We usually have a potluck with vegetarian friends, then go for a hike, then eat dessert! It’s so fun. But this year the potluck didn’t […]

Great Aunt Verna’s Homemade Noodles

Great Aunt Verna has the best recipe for homemade noodles — they always come out so yummy! It’s one of J’s favorite Thanksgiving (or any other holiday, for that matter!) things to eat. I’ve been telling people who aren’t from J’s family about them for years, but it finally dawned on yesterday me to blog […]

Happy Halloween!

Are you scared yet?  Hee hee! I’m pretending like these are our decorations — I looked and looked for these cute mini pumpkins but couldn’t find them anywhere, darn. We do have a pumpkin out on the front porch, plus candles, spooky music, and candy at the ready for the trick-or-treaters tho! Can’t wait. Hope you’re having […]

A yummy way you can help me help a friend!

Hi everyone! Pull up a chair a look at my lunch today: Doesn’t it look super yummy? Here, look closer — too bad we don’t have smell-o-screens yet, because this smells incredible: It’s a recipe called Smokey Spicey Cheesy Yummy Hatch Chilie Pie that my super fun friend and chef extraordinaire Libby cooked up for […]

Summer Abundance

While eating lunch I got to thinking about how summer is such a time of abundance. There’s an abundance of sunshine, and hopefully time to be lazy, read books, and go swimming. And nothing says “summer abundance” to me quite like zucchini. Oh and basil!  And corn-on-the-cob, tomatoes and ice cream. But back to the […]