Timesaving Trifecta; Simple, Healthy and Tasty.

chicken parm

Warm, home cooked goodness without the stress; dinner goal achieved. Sometimes I don’t have it in me to work on dinner for two hours. SOMETIMES I need to come home after work, pop something into the oven and “zone out” to mindless reality TV. This dish is inspired for those days. Warm tomato sauce married [...]

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Valentine’s Day; To thine own self be true

xoxo

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. – Buddha True that. Though I must admit, I feel a smidgen of guilt every time I do. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m doing something to perk up my mood. A foray into home skin care. If budget was not [...]

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Paging: Sir Johnnie Walker; Pudding Time.

Johnnie Logo

Sleek, sexy and just in time for Valentine’s Day. Consider it my gift to you. Smooth and creamy chocolate pudding infused with elegant Johnnie Walker Black Scotch whiskey. Spiked chocolate pudding; let your Valentine’s Day groove begin.

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Quinoa Power Bread

Quinoa Power Bread

We can’t all be champions. But we can sure eat like them. As far as breakfast goes, this bread takes Wheaties “Breakfast of Champions” to task. The smell of this bread baking is amazing. Maybe it’s the buttermilk, or maybe it’s the addition of the nutty quinoa grain, whatever it is, it’s spectacular. I love breakfast. [...]

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Toddler Kitchen Chronicles

ToddlerTime

My infant has graduated to toddler- and just when I had things ‘all figured out’… 2012 leaves me saying good-bye to breast-feeding and supplemental formula and saying hello to Vitamin D Milk. I find myself dabbling with finger foods and encouraging Ketan to get messy in his pursuit to navigate utensils. I saw his first [...]

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Fondue; Party Diva.

serene and groovey 70s fondue part

Hold up. These people look relaxed. Where’s the sweat dripping from their furrowed brows as they try to find the perfect temperature between gooey cheese goodness and coagulation?  Tell you what, this was not my fondue party. I hoped it would be my fondue party. I tried to keep my charm and hostess halo, but the [...]

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