I have a tendency to get a little carried away when it comes to menu planning for parties. For reasons I will never understand, I tell myself lies. In my delusional mind, I have nothing but time, I'm happy and relaxed, get eight hours of sleep every night, and I'm dressed in something really cute ...
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Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
After my mad cookie baking frenzy before Christmas, I felt the need to back off from the baking for awhile. But for the past couple of weeks, I've noticed my boys hovering around the kitchen, hopefully opening the pantry door and staring longingly at nothing. I guess it's time to get back in the ...
Coconut Curry Chicken
I was lucky to have a Mom who developed an interest in cooking things that you didn't find on most of the dinner tables in the homes around us. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty of pot roast, stuffed bell peppers, tacos, steak and potatoes, typical fare for 1970's America, but occasionally a ...
Coconut Ice Cream
In keeping with the almost summer like weather we are having here in sunny Cailforn-eye-A, I made ice cream today. I came across this recipe some time ago and have made it more times than I care to admit (it's for the boys...really) and it has become everyone's favorite around here. My ...
Crock-Pot Barbecue Beef
It's January, you know, the time of year when we have blue, sunny skies and 70 degree weather. When we wear flip flops, and shorts, and t-shirts and frolic in the sun. Okay, maybe that's going a bit far but it has been warm and beautiful in these parts since the new year began. Unfortunately, I've ...
Bonnie’s Minestrone
A rare event took place in my kitchen yesterday. Someone cooked something and it wasn't me. I grabbed my camera to capture this phenomenon. This is my step-mom, Bonnie, and yesterday she came over and made her unbelievably delicious, healthy, hearty, easy as can be, minestrone. She ...
