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Long time readers know that I have a bit of an obsession when it comes to pizza.  I remember a few years ago there were a string of Friday’s that Tony wanted to go out to eat, which I thought was odd, because he hated going out to eat on crowded weekend nights, but thought – wow – how nice that he wants to treat...

Yesterday was a long day for me.  I was on the road by 8:00 a.m. to attend the funeral of the Mom of some dear friends – my friend Jacky, her sisters Jody (who is a Cross Fit fanatic and wants me to start Cross Fit and stop drinking hazelnut creamer in my coffee!) Terry and Kelly.  I didn’t know their two older siblings because...

I had my first WI after vacation yesterday.  I lost a pound!  But who are we kidding, I’ve been up, down, up, down the past 11 weeks since I’ve been going to meetings.  But I do enjoy the meetings, and our leader is really good.  I am sure people at the meetings who see my diverse point friendly meals are looking at me like “why...

One of the most viewed recipes on this blog over the last almost 8 years has to be my copycat Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Pizza.  I remember the day like it was yesterday when I came home and Tony saw on America’s test kitchen that they made a deep dish pizza, and he asked me if I could make it . . . that night! ...

Another whirlwind weekend is in the books.  Could you please tell the summer to slow down?  Before you know it, we’ll be seeing fricken Halloween decorations in the stores!   Friday both Hannah and Jacob worked so I had a whole day to recipe develop in the kitchen and I had such a fun day.  I had Spotify on, jammed to Macklemore and Pitbull (yes, I...

Another gorgeous summer day in the books.  I am happy to say that I got out before work for a run/walk.  This time I ended up walking a song, and then running a song.  The best part was that I never really knew when the running would end, but I knew most songs couldn’t be more than four minutes or so, so I stuck with...

Zucchini Lasagna Rollups These zucchini lasagna rollups are a great way to use up summer zucchini. I’ve been making the excuse lately on the days I work the market, that because my job is a lot of manual labor (packing up coolers, packing up my car, unpacking at the market, repacking after the market, putting everything back when I get to the shop) that I...

I have to say that I think I am building up my stamina because usually after working the farmers market two days in a row, I am really slow the next day.  My back is a bit sore, I can feel muscles in my legs I didn’t even know I had.  But yesterday I got up at 7:30 and went to town on my to...

The weather was awesome this past weekend – makes working the farmers markets that much better.  In the two markets I worked over the weekend, we made $3100 – great weather=more people=more opportunity to sell a lot of veggie burgers!  Here’s a tip from me to you though – I never really thought about it before, but most vendors only have a bank of $100. ...

When my Mom suggested getting tickets to see James Taylor and Jackson Browne last fall, we had no idea that the family reunion would fall on the immediate weekend following the concert.  The concert was at Wrigley Field in Chicago, and being a White Sox fan, that’s about the only time you’ll see me in that stadium is for a concert! The weather ended up...