Eating My Words

I make this salad quite often. It's one of my favorites, not just because it's so easy, but because it's truly delicious. I didn...

I haven't canned a whole lot so far (my first big experiment was my mom's zucchini relish ) so I'm still a bit nervous when I t...

This one was SUPER easy, SUPER fast and very low in calories (1/2 cup is only 85 calories). That's my kind of dessert :-) I've neve...

I bought the yummiest cherries and peaches this week, and when I was looking for a side dish to bring to a family get-together, these came t...

There's nothing like fresh berries in the summer. When my local market put all kinds of berries on sale--cherries, blackberries and rasp...

I love ham. Not so wild about pork chops, ironically, but ham, bacon, prosciutto --everything in that family is great. So when I bought a ha...

Today, I made one of my favorite salads --so perfect for those crisp fall days. I didn't have any pears (well, I *thought* I didn't ...

I love having people over for dinner. For one, as DH pointed out, it's a reason for both of us to finally do a few of those pesky chores...

I'm what you'd call a wine wimp. Meaning, anything "dry" is off my list. I gravitate toward the sweeter wines--the dessert...

This is one I've been promising my friends ever since I made it for a party last weekend. The picture here is from the Taste of Home web...

A side note: I'm chatting online tonight , so be sure to stop by to win prizes and say hi! I'm not a huge fan of the salad. I mean, ...

All I can say about this dinner is... I wish my stomach was bigger. I'm not usually a huge fan of pork, because to me, it's just one...

I love to try and jazz things up a bit by twisting a recipe or finding a new twist on an old favorite. In a recent issue of the Rachael Ray ...

This one was cool and different (another Bon Appetit recipe :-). My adventure in looking for hazelnuts was one of those drive all over the ...

I got this one from a past issue of Woman's Day . The original recipe called for nectarines, which I didn't have, but I did have pea...

I miss the Olympics already. Sigh. I have never watched so many sporting events in my life and now that the Olympics are over, it's like...

If you ever wondered exactly HOW the Wedding Planners idea came about and how six authors managed to brainstorm and make a story work, here...

Normally, I do all my Christmas decorations on the day after Thanksgiving but that Black Friday 4 a.m. thing (an hour earlier than normal) w...

E xperimenting with recipes is one of those things that keeps me out of trouble ;-) I came across a recipe for Dried Cherry Scones and tried...

And Family. Bet you thought I was going to say shoes, didn't you? I will have you know that I did resist the shoes yesterday on Black Fr...