How to Tell if Eggs are Fresh or Need to be Tossed
How to Tell if Eggs are Fresh – learn to test your eggs to see if they are fresh, candidates for hard-boiling, or if they need to be tossed. The last week or so,...
Christmas/holiday prep in August
I’m going to duck and cover after you read the title of this post, because I know thinking about Christmas/Hanukkah already is stressful and exhausting. I get it. That my friends, is why I’m...
Meal plan for August 11th – 17th
Thank you all so much for the comments, kind thoughts, prayers, emails, Facebook messages, etc., about my mom. Things are looking up on the health front. Last night, mom devoured her dinner like a...
Meal plan for August 4th – 10th
Updated: 8/3/14 at 8:50 am: I wrote the post below Friday night (sue me), so I’m updating it to let you know my mom is in the hospital. She is doing better and will...
Trimming Your Bush – the Most Painful Gardening Task
The end of July is bananas in the garden. All the sun sluts (tomatoes, melons, beans, cukes, etc.) are going crazy, and the spring plants (peas, lettuce, and most greens) are going tits up....
Meal plan for July 28th – August 3rd
Oh lawdy, Jack and I had the best trip to visit my friend Anne. 90% of our visit revolved around food, and that always makes me happy. The other 10% was visiting and laughing....
Diez
Isn’t it funny how you can just know? Just know somehow that a person is right for you? I first met Troy when I was 17, and he was in his 20’s. He was...
Mid July Garden Tour
Some of these photos have also been sent out via Instagram. Click here to start following me! For fun, check out the tour I did this time last month, and you’ll be shocked at...
Why I Took Up Smoking For My Health
I have had a lot of jobs in my life. I’ve been working since I was 14, and have worked in hospitality, restaurants, state government, a hair salon, corporate, and non-profit work. And there...
Meal plan for July 6-13th
Anyone want to join me in a cleanse this week? No, not a weird kind where you drink juice with cayenne pepper or some weird shit like that. This is a cleanse for people...
Meal plan for June 30th – July 6th
I am so freaking over strawberry season right now. Don’t get me wrong, I love strawberries. I’m happy to eat them, cook with them, and make ice cream out of them, but for the...
Meal plan for June 23rd – 29th
We be jammin! Get your jam on. Yesterday, I hosted “jam academy” in my kitchen for two friends. Both had expressed desire to learn the sweet skills of making jam, and I figured strawberry...
