A Greener Biener

I did it. I one upped my Grandma. It’s not a nice thing to say, I’ll give you that.  But it’s true.  I made Grandma’s cake, and mine came out better. Huh, it sounds kind of obnoxious when I write it out loud like that. Still, if she were here today I know she would [...]

Or, the cake formerly known as Yeast Cake This is my Grandmother’s cake, updated and renamed because, really, who wants to eat something called Yeast Cake? Sounds like some kind of home remedy for something that should not be discussed on a recipe page. DO NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE TIME NEEDED FOR THIS [...]

You are driven to eat well.  You have pledged to unearth healthy foods in your quest to do right by yourself and your family.  You will eat more vegetables. You, my dear, haven’t thought enough about all those involved. Did you ever stop to think that maybe the chard would rather not be consumed thank [...]

By issues, I’m referring, of course, to food. And by you, I mean of course, me. Wow, I’m feeling better already just airing out that confession.  Earlier in the week I felt differently.  Earlier in the week I sat smugly way on the other side of a phone call from food issues. I was talking [...]

For some, the holidays are a time of peace.  A time to reflect on special stuff, family stuff.   A time to recall the little things that made Grandma so sweet. This year the holidays gave me a wallop by way of a sudden and tremendous recognition that my Grandma, all four feet ten inches of [...]

Nah, despite my reputation to the contrary, I’m not going to cry.  I may be shaking my head back and forth in disbelief that I am old enough to have a nine year old, but there won’t be any tears.  Not when I am the proud mama of an attitude-copping, eye-rolling, delicious delightful beautiful nine [...]