Parchment paper cooking:  Eat a healthy fish dinner & spend more time with family

Parchment paper cooking: Eat a healthy fish dinner & spend more time with family

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Plan an Oktoberfest celebration for family and friends

Plan an Oktoberfest celebration for family and friends

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When life gives you lemons?  Make dinner, dessert and cocktails!

When life gives you lemons? Make dinner, dessert and cocktails!

Do you adore lemons?  I love the yellow color; they always make me feel happy and bring a smile to my face.  I also love the smell of the blossoms & fruit and cannot get enough of the flavor. This post contains affiliate links.  If 

A simple recipe for a quick and healthy Alfredo sauce – 3 variations to add variety to your menu

A simple recipe for a quick and healthy Alfredo sauce – 3 variations to add variety to your menu

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4 great recipe ideas for leftover ham

4 great recipe ideas for leftover ham

  Over the weekend, we enjoyed another fantastic barbecue.  We had family over, so we grilled lots of food including a double-smoked ham with apricot glaze from Ray ‘Dr. BBQ’ Lampe’s Slow Fire Barbecue guide.  That is not a mirror image below; we threw two 

Re-purposed leftovers:  Grilled Tuna Steak dinner followed by Salade Nicoise

Re-purposed leftovers: Grilled Tuna Steak dinner followed by Salade Nicoise

I love to shop at Costco.  The large packaging sizes can be a problem…..or they can be a benefit.  We like to purchase the tuna steaks.  They are typically offered in a package of two large steaks.   Great price, great quality and they make 

Leftover beef tenderloin panini

Leftover beef tenderloin panini

I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a great start.   I know many of you may have healthy eating resolutions.  I do too, but I start Monday.  For now, let’s talk food!   Over the holidays, I hosted a Christmas dinner for my family. 

October cabbage and shrimp tacos

October cabbage and shrimp tacos

  We better enjoy the  last of our farm-fresh produce.  The farm plot is now closed until spring.  Over the weekend we had to remove all of the tomato cages and other gear.  No more stories about the farm until January, when we start planning