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Thanksgiving Menu for Four We’ve partnered with Mariano’s for this simple, yet delicious Thanksgiving Menu for Four.  Relying on Mariano’s everyday low prices with bone in chicken thighs, baby spinach, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and mini lemon pies, this holiday menu relieves all the stress and is perfect for even a beginner cook. The most expensive item we bought for this menu was the maple...

All three of us had the day off yesterday.  I was up around 8, and I think the kadults got up around 10.  It was nice having a quiet morning.  My store where I buy my blue corn tortillas just came out with mini corn tortillas and I couldn’t wait to make mini breakfast tacos with them.  I asked the kadults if they were up...

Black Sesame Naan Bread Over the course of many years of blogging, I sometimes didn’t categorize my posts so that someone could actually find the recipe they are looking for, like this black sesame naan bread.  The recipe card was also missing, so this post is being updated in August 2025 to include the new recipe card.  I’ve otherwise left the post exactly as written...

I love baked beans.  Any kind really, and nowadays there are probably 20 different flavors to choose from.  Only one tiny problem.  Most canned baked beans have a ton of grams of sugar – up to 21 grams per 1/2 cup!  Because the WW points also pays attention to grams of sugar, my once beloved side dish can now be up to 9 smart points...

My cousin Chris and his wife and family were in town for the Big10 10k race that was in Chicago this weekend.   My Mom emailed my sister and I on Friday to see if we might be able to meet them for dinner Saturday night.  My sister already had plans, but I realized it would make sense to just spend the night at my Mom’s...

Thanks for all your comments about what your favorite thing to eat or grill on my giveaway post on Monday.  Without further ado, the winner of the Hardcore Carnivore Black Rub AND two jars of my pineapple garlic sriracha bbq sauce is . . . Kelly Steak, Chicken would be our go to. Now if I could only make it look like yours! AUGUST 2,...

I couldn’t think of a blog title, so that’s what I am going with.  Here’s the deal.  IF, I get offered a job at what I would consider my dream job, um, turns out the pay is just over minimum wage.  I wish I were kidding.  Granted, there would be tip shares that are pretty generous, which would up my pay, but that fluctuates month...

Last Friday I found myself with half a dozen really really ripe bananas.  No one in the house would eat them like that, so I decided to bring muffins to take to work last Saturday.  I thought it would be a bit of sunshine at 5:00 a.m. in the morning when everyone is still tired and wished they were still in bed.  I am partial...

Hanging out with Hannah yesterday morning was so nice.  The weather was perfect outside and it was just nice to catch up with her one on one.  Jacob and Hannah went out to eat last week when I was working one of the night markets.  Um, turns out they don’t cook a lot if I am not home.  When I was meal planning with what...

Yesterday could not have been a more gorgeous day.  The humidity was gone, and the temps in Chicago were in the low 80s.   I wasn’t sure where my sister and I were going to meet for lunch, or even at what time, so I made a bagel thin egg sammie and grapes before I left to catch the train downtown.  That was 7 smart points....