February 16, 2013

My co-worker gave me one of her new flavors of Chobani – pear, so I made an apple/pear/Kashi Go Lean Crunch parfait for breakfast.  Again, I should know this by now, I need to use the plain Chobani in parfaits, by the last 1/4 of it, I was just done because it was so sweet – the first 75% tasted good though! I am participating...

Some mornings I am in a whirlwind.  I might do a load of laundry, while cooking soup or baking a quiche, downloading my pictures from the day before, blog, put food together, etc.  And it’s funny because I never used to be a morning person.  I timed it that I could actually sleep until 8:16 and still get to my desk by 8:45.  Granted, my...

We had such a wonderful day yesterday!  The weather was sunny and in the mid-40’s.  In Oak Park all their snow has melted, so it almost felt like spring was right around the corner. As I was driving to my sisters office, I went to down a street and saw that the first restaurant job I had changed their name.  Not sure if it’s the...

I actually forgot that it was Fat Tuesday.  When I lived in Oak Park, every year I would stop by a bakery and pick up paczki’s for the office.  You literally had to order them in advance that’s how good they were – if you just walked in and tried to get some, you were out of luck. In 2009, I even tried to make...

You’ll want to make these easy pork and shrimp egg rolls – make a batch over the weekend and reheat later in the week!  But first. . . Thanks for all the nice comments about my “do-over!”  It’s a clean slate, right?   And what better way to start the day than with an almond café mocha green monster. I drank it on the way...

It’s no secret that I am an emotional eater.  It doesn’t seem to matter that I know I am doing it, but I do it anyway. This last week has been brutal with putting our dog down.  While I have exercised, the extra eating and eating over the weekend and drinking more wine has taken its toll.  I’ve gained three pounds in the last 10...

Thanks again for your continued virtual hugs about Ed. Tony hasn’t gotten the courage to read the comments to yesterdays post, but I know when he’s ready he will appreciate it! Since I got home so late Thursday night, I didn’t prepare anything for my Souper Friday at work.  I had promised minestrone soup and my rosemary artisan bread.  I ended up making the dough...

I promise this will be the last post about our dog, but Tony wanted to write one last farewell.  From Tony: My Buddy I think everything in life happens for a reason. Biz and I met, we married and moved to where we live now. On our trips to town we often drove by a farm. This farm had a huge sign, and on this...

Wow.  Just wow,  Thank you for all your comments and emails yesterday about the loss of our dog.  Tony and I tried to read most of them yesterday, but it was just too hard.  I have to say that yesterday was one of the hardest days of my life. The vet told us to call him at 5:00 so he could tell us when the...

I forgot to tell you guys that I won $60 bucks from my office Superbowl squares!  I won one quarter for $20 bucks and I won the last quarter, which paid out $40.  Since I was the big winner, I treated the office to Panera bagels yesterday. Best bagel ever . . . the everything bagel with light roasted veggie cream cheese.  Lori, I always...