Back in January, Foodbuzz introduced a new section they were planning called Family Bites and offered us an opportunity to compete to be featured. Each of us needed to create a number of recipes using products from Newman’s Own and guess what? I was choosen to be featured this week. I hope you love the…
Chicken Cacciatore Triangles & Family Bites Feature
True Lemon – A great addition to my Pantry
Back about a year ago, a friend wrote me asking if I had heard of True Lemon. She told me it is a crystallized lemon product that she used in her iced tea and that it did not contain anything artificial. I went to the website and requested samples and had not even tried them…
Eating your Words 2010 Challenge Countdown
Alrighty, there is 1 week left to enter the Eating your Words Challenge and Tanglednoodle and I are thrilled at the entries so far. Here is a summary of the event for those of you jumping in now: Feel free to grab the badge and link proudly The Premise: As Tangled Noodle stated: “Do your…
Shrimp, Corn & Avocado Salad with Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette
Leftover Shrimp is one item you are not going to let go to waste so I decided to have a salad with them. I also had leftover corn for the previous evening so I grabbed a few of my favorite items and went to work. I also knew I wanted to make a zesty dressing…
Mushroom Soup – Altering the Presentation
Do you ever not try a food or enjoy it because of the way it looks? That was the issue I had with my Mushroom Soup and my son. My daughter loves the mushroom soup the way I make it but my son does not want to try the soup because he sees the floating…
Mambo Sprouts
Have you heard of Mambo Sprouts? I did not until I ‘tweeted’ asking folks if they knew of a resource for organic/natural foods coupons. Since then, I have received coupon booklets from them and I have to share this great site. They are more than coupons (you can get some online as well). Mambo Sprouts…
Plimouth Plantation & Saving the Rain Forest
Spring has finally arrived here in New England and we wanted to spend some time outdoors and since we were planning on visiting relatives out of state anyway, we decided to spend the entire day in Massachusetts. I went to Tropicana.com and I found that we could get a Buy 1 Get 1 admission to…
Visions of my Easter Table Scape ala Pottery Barn
The sun was beaming down on me late this morning while the gentle breeze blew and I started thinking about Easter. Then I started thinking about the Ham, the side dishes and the new recipes I would create. Next came the vision of the table scape which lead to flipping through the Pottery Barn catalog….
Vegetable Burger on Sandwich Thins – A Year to Savor the Thyme Tip #15
You ever spend a week craving the same thing to eat? I have been eating these sandwiches every day, mostly for breakfast. Here is the real kicker: my son sees me just sitting there chomping away and he is intrigued. He takes shy little shuttling steps over to investigate. I see the interest and so…