"pasta bolognese"

Yet another great recipe from Cook’s Illustrated!   Although not exact, as I left the onions out and I couldn’t find dried porchini mushrooms (I used 1 ounce of regular mushrooms) and instead of whole milk I used 2%.  It was delicious! But first since Joe came over we decided to go out to eat at our local Mexican restaurant.  Can you guess that Hannah drove?!...

Wow.  Day 60 of Insanity.  Truth be told, I never thought I would get this far.  I am the QUEEN of declaring something, starting out strong and then just giving up.  For a variety of reasons: I am tired it takes too much time its too hard What helped me was that I declared 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. the Insanity hour.  I didn’t have to...

I am sure by now you guys know I like spicy shit.  A lot.  So am stoked to have stumbled upon a few recipes and products to add to my never ending list of things to try. First up?  Ally’s Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls.  Holla!  Baked with spicy chicken and cream cheese – and it scores two points with me because I am also a...

I can’t believe my step-son is 21 already!  For new readers who may not know, I met my step-son when he was 10 years old.  It had to be so strange for him to see his Dad marrying someone – he was the best man in our wedding!  Let’s just take a walk down memory lane, shall we? One of the first things I learned...