Breakfast

Tony used to hate when I came home with more dishes, bowls, miscellaneous colored plates.  I would most of the time try to sneak them into the basement since in the last couple years of his life, going down to the basement was too many stairs, so I’d quickly come in the back door, run downstairs to hide my loot, and if he asked me...

I took advantage of the one day this week that was going to be nice outside and got my ass out of bed and took a 30 minute walk before work.  It was 46 degrees, brisk and glorious! Nearly all of the snow has melted, but the channel of the river is still pretty icy. By the time I got back home I’d already had...

This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf will jump to the top of the list of recipes to try.   UPDATE!  I first wrote this recipe in 2015 and had comments of people who made it letting me know that while it tasted good, upon removing the loaf from the oven, the middle collapsed.  So I rewrote the recipe below – the rest of the post is from...

Remember on Friday how I told you Rick Morrissey, sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times was going to interview me on Friday about Tony’s obituary?  Well, it was such an easy conversation to have – a. because I was talking about the love of my life and I could go on for days about that, and b. Rick was super easy going and laid back. ...

So I had my follow up with the knee doctor before work yesterday morning.  You all know how I love my “me” time in the morning before work, but I figured I may as well get it over with.  Since I got my cortisone shot nearly a month ago, my knee feels great.  So I walk in, give them my name and they can’t find...

My boss was out of the office on Friday when we did office treats for Boss’s Day, so yesterday before work I decided to make her scones, because she’s loved the ones I’ve made before.  The copycat Starbuck’s cinnamon chip scone, the blueberry lemon scones and the craisin scones (ignore the awful photos in that last scone recipe!).  But I had apples I needed to...

Back when my sister and I did Weight Watchers in 1999-2000, the program was based on points, but you had to take into consideration the calories,fat AND fiber.  The higher the fiber content, meant the lower the point number which in turn let you eat more stuff.  My sister and I were totally all about getting the most food for the point value.  Enter in...

I love this time of year.  The changing of all the colors of the trees.  It’s not too hot, it’s not too cold.  I went on a long walk on Saturday morning and it was so refreshing! It was a pretty low key weekend.  When I was meal planning I realized I had some frozen blueberries in the freezer.  On Friday when I was walking...

When we were little my Mom used to make these muffins and she called them Morning Glory Muffins.  I don’t know if it was her recipe, or a neighbors, or a way to use up zucchini, or if there was even zucchini in the muffin.  All I know was that they were delicious!  I showed the muffins last week when I took a picture of...

Starbucks Copycat Muesli Bread UPDATE:  2/1/2021 – the recipe plug in for this Starbucks Copycat Muesli Bread was missing, so now I’ve updated the recipe card and updated the photos as well – enjoy!   Thanks for all your kind comments to Tony’s letter yesterday.  I know that it means a lot to him and rest assured, he read every single one! I’ve been so blessed...