Living The Dream in the Mad-Town
Who am I?
A hard working mom and high school teacher
What am I about?
PASSIONS: learning new things, literature, and raising a caring and compassionate child
LOVES: cooking, drinking wine, dancing, photography, relaxing with a book or a good TV show
LIKES: flowers, freshly washed sheets, sunshine, hot showers, jeans
DISLIKES: How long it takes to truly be good at something
Why do I blog?
To share my attempts at becoming better at the things I am passionate about and love.
I love chili. I have tried lots of different recipes. Some of them are really easy, but lack flavor. Others have tons of flavor, but take too much time. After lots of experimenting and discovering a new “base” for the chili, I think I have a recipe that you and your family will enjoy. It’s [...]
As we gear up for the holiday season, we inevitably have to make difficult decisions when it comes to food. Do we indulge in the very best since it is just one day? Should we try to make a “lightened” up version of a traditional favorite? Or do we just say no to it all? [...]
As promised, here is one additional fish recipe that my family can’t get enough of as well as one vegetarian meal that my husband raved about! This recipe originally came from my favorite magazine, Cooking Light. It has a five star review! I loved this meal so much because it reminds me of one of [...]
In a recent attempt to add variety to our diet and improve our overall health, my husband and I decided to make a conscious effort to eat one vegetarian dinner and one fish dinner each week. Prior to this agreement, we did both of those types of dishes occasionally and always enjoyed them. It’s just [...]
A couple of months ago my husband came home and said, ” I will never eat McDonald’s again.” This was surprising considering he worked there in high school and although he doesn’t eat there frequently, he is the first to admit that he occasionally loves a Big Mac and a Coke from McDonalds. So after [...]
As I mentioned in my earlier post about Pinterest recipes, I wish that there was a way to rate the recipes directly on Pinterest. But since there is not, I thought I would share my opinion on some of the ones that I have tried. Jamie Oliver’s Crunchy Garlic Chicken The flavor of the crunchy, [...]
Since joining Pinterest I have pinned so many new recipes. I love to cook and try to things, so this seemed like the perfect place for me to quickly find some new ideas. What I realized that I didn’t like, was that although people pinned lots of yummy looking things, there is no way to review [...]
We all can probably admit that the holidays are typically the time when we allow ourselves a few extra indulgences. And if you are like me, come January 1st you are regretting it. I decided this year that it was time to take control of my holiday habits and try to make some decisions that [...]
For years now, I have saved the corks. Early in our relationship my husband and I had the idea that we would save all the corks from the bottles of wine that we drank together or with friends. After we finished a bottle, we would use a Sharpie to write the date and the occasion [...]
