He’s Gone

My husband left me.
Yup, you heard that right. Last Friday he packed his bags and walked out the door. I begged him stay, pleaded with him to reconsider, professed my love, graveled, cried, whined. Nothing worked. He still left. There may or may not have been tears. The horror! The heartbreak!
Oh, three days later, he [...]

An Apple-y Alternative.

So, the traditional side with my family’s delicious roast pork and dumplings is, of course, sauerkraut. Ehhhhh….I don’t love it. And I know for sure Eric would have no part of that. So I reached back in my memory file and remembered that you could often get applesauce as a side with a meal like [...]

Reason #52,006 why I love FOOD! :)

I am right-brained person by nature. I like feelings and emotions, colors and shapes, words and music and pretty pictures. I go with my gut, think with my heart, cry at the movies…or an especially touching Hallmark card commercial. Math, logic, reasoning and all that complicated stuff and I just don’t get along. Never have, [...]

Just Like Grandpa Used to…Order In.

Every other Saturday night when I was a kid, my mom and dad would pile my brother and me into the car and drive down to Cicero for supper at my grandpa’s house. Supper at Grandpa’s consisted of whatever he felt like ordering in on that particular evening…one of three things: pizza, White Castle (ew, [...]

Couscous with a Kick

My hubby Eric is a meat and potatos kind of guy. Nothing funny, nothing fancy. So you can imagine my frustration when trying to introduce him to new foods. I love to to try new things. New recipes, restaurants and menu items. It makes my otherwise boring life exciting. Every new flavor is like an [...]