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Chicken

“Greek Chicken” from the Box

The recipe box.  Do people actually have these anymore?  Or are they obsolete because of computers and smart technology?  (I don’t own any smart technology but I am assuming if it is so smart it would have recipes loaded on it.) I was cleaning one of my kitchen cabinets and found my cute little recipe …

Side Dish Veggie

Tapping into My Roots

Recently I have seen and heard from a lot of family members.  I have different relationships, as we all do, with different people.  (Except for the imaginary people…all of those relationships tend to be very shallow and all about ME!) When I talk to my mom, we talk about everything under the sun.  (One time …

Breakfast

Eggie Pot Pies

I want to apologize for slowing down on my posts the last few weeks.  I have a confession to make….I can’t stand food right now!  My Crohn’s is acting up and with that food has become an enemy to me and I just don’t want to think about it.  (I now know how Superman felt …

Chicken

More Rockin’ Chicken

I am not hip.  By using the word “hip”, you probably already knew that fact.  I have reached an age where I am content not incorporating new sayings into my everyday conversations. I, on the other hand, have almost regressed to the catchy phrases from my youth like “groovy”, “fer sure” and the occasional “dude”. …

Bacon Side Dish

Bacon Buttered Potatoes

The summer of 2012 will probably remind most people of the events of the Olympics in London, women’s boxing and Michael Phelps,   (Okay, I personally am not a big Olympics viewer so that’s all I’ve got on that topic.) The summer 2012 will mean something completely different to me.  This is the summer of the …

Sauce Story

One to Watch: Red Butter

Passionate. Indulgence.  When you hear those words what comes to your mind?  Family? Work? Food?  Well apparently those two words mean a lot to Chef Monica Sharma of Red Butter in Chicago. I first heard of Red Butter this past spring when I went to Baconfest. Their dish, bacon-Thai chile gulab jamun with bacon pistachio …