Back from vacation – sniff. We were in Cross Lake, MN and as I’m writing this, I still feel like I’m rocking on a boat! We (as in The Fisherman, his brother Mike and “sister” Kris) spent a lot of time fishing this past week. Though my idea of vacation is sleeping in and boating…
Family
Odds & Ends
Happy July!! I had the weekend off from the kitchen as our friends invited us to rest and relax at their cabin on Big Sauk Lake in Sauk Centre, MN. And relax I did! This was my view while I was reading -notice my toes 🙂 And speaking of reading, as you know I am…
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to The Fisherman! I knew our girls would not be coming down for a visit so I suggested that we go to the mighty Mississippi for a little fishing. Of course he is always game for that so the kitchen was closed today for some R&R and hopefully some fish! We were…
Burrito Bowl
Well, tonight’s dinner was super easy… I let Chipotle do the cooking and we did the eating. I worked til 6:30 and called Mr. John on the way home…. we agreed to meet somewhere and this place sounded good to both of us. I love their bowls… much easier to eat than the rolled burrito…
Hola Amigos!
¿Cómo estás? ¿Qué pasa? We are back from our 7 day sun and fun filled vacation! It was muy bien… every day was sunny and 80! I took lots of pictures (about 400!) and here are a few of what we ate and sampled… First stop for tasty beverages – cerveza and salsa Chicken Enchiladas…
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is one of my favorite times of the year. I love creating the table scape and using my dishes, crystal and other cool things! The first thing I did was set the table with a green cloth, add red felt snowflake chargers (from Pier 1) and then place the dishes. This year I…
Christmas Raviolis
In my mom’s handwriting Whew… the last few days have been a whirlwind… Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We ended our festivities and eating yesterday by having homemade raviolis. These were a tradition I grew up with and my mom wrote the recipe for me on one of her visits here. You can…
Christmas Day Menu
I don’t know about all of you but I’m still not ready for the weekend. I did get most of my groceries the other day but still not done. I forgot to buy the meat to make the raviolis, I still haven’t baked one cookie (though Mr. John will be helping in this area), need…
Making a List and Checking it Twice…
A week from now we will be preparing for our Christmas eats… I’m sitting here this morning making my menu and grocery list…. It all starts Christmas Eve – growing up Italian we would go to my grandparents and Nonni would prepare the Feast of the Seven Fishes (no meat). We would have tuna pasta,…
Odds & Ends – Aprons
Cooking and aprons go together – for the last couple of years I’ve been sewing up some – I think they are fun to make and so many cute fabrics to choose from… here’s a few… These were for a friend’s daughter’s wedding – 6 in all! The Bride’s apron The flower girl’s Love the…
Tree Trimming Time
This past weekend we put the tree up with the family. The last few years the tradition has been a real tree, Mr. John and whoever is around goes out to a man mall (aka Home Depot), brings the tree home, gets it all situated and then we let sit for a bit before decorating……
Little “Martha” at it again….
Here’s another Miss Demi cupcake creation! Remember her Easter treats? Well, now she whipped up these gems for Thanksgiving… wish we lived closer – I bet they tasted as good as they looked! I can’t wait to see what she makes next! Great job Demi! You are as cute as a button and can’t wait…
