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I'm always looking to try a new recipe around the holidays or when I'll have family over for a big meal. This year I decided I w...

Alright, I've depleted my supply of homegrown jalapenos, so here's my last batch of jalapeno jelly for the season (unless I decide t...

Yup, more jelly! I told you I had a lot of jalapenos to use up. And I'm finding I like this whole canning thing.  Once I figured out the...

OK, I'm officially on a jelly-making kick!  I just made strawberry jalapeno jelly and it's so yummy!  Marty supervised again, but I ...

So, what to do with all the jalapenos that are growing in my garden? And how about all those canning jars I have? Make pineapple jalapeno je...

Emily enjoying the Christmas tree. Or plotting. Not sure which. (I give up on trying to format this post to get things in the right spo...

I was on vacation from work last week. I actually had what people would call a "staycation," and a pretty productive one at that....

Here's what I made with the leftover turkey and stuffing from Thanksgiving:  turkey croquettes and mini turkey sandwiches. The croquet...

I recently checked out a few cookbooks from the library, one of which is Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything  (Leia is making sure it ...

My cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen finally.  I only bought one plant, just in case I kill them (I'm a known plant killer!).  But t...

I have a big love for seasoned salt, especially Borsari .  It makes grilling meat so simple:  just shake it on and then grill.  It gives ...

Tonight I made rib eye steak on the grill, along with sauteed mushrooms. Normally I don't buy rib eye.  I find it too fatty tasting fo...

Recently I found a fried rice recipe, which I'll post about later this week.  This weekend I went in search of two ingredients I would n...

Today's lunch is mixed greens with Craisins  (50% less sugar), pecans, goat cheese, rolled up ham, and Bolthouse Farms raspberry vinaigr...

Last night was boneless pork on the grill, along with a little Rice-a-Roni.  Bob also had vegetables with his.  I used my favorite seasoni...

Last week a recipe popped up on my bariatric surgeon's Facebook page, so I decided to try it.  It was a perfect way to use up the pesto ...

I had last Monday off from work because of MLK Day.  I was feeling motivated, so I did a lot of cooking.  I used up the leftover ham and ham...

I was looking for a side dish to bring to my sister's house for Christmas, and had a ton of carrots in my fridge, so I decided to make t...

OK, it's not exactly last night's dinner, but I did make it for dinner last week.  I'm just late in getting to this post. I ma...

Last month I went to Whole Foods in the morning.  They had their hot food bar filled with breakfast food, which I love because this particul...