Why are Black Eyed Peas especially lucky for New Year’s Day? Maybe because they taste so wonderfully earthy-good….but if you look it up:
Month: December 2017
Christmas Green Bean Salad
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It’s the week before Christmas...and life begins to be a bit hairy-scary.
There’s a messy corner full of little shopping bags that need to be sorted out for wrapping and a basket containing odd baking ingredients–still unused–in the middle of the kitchen counter.
Continue readingChicken and Vegetables
There are times you only want some chicken and vegetables. Ask Ina Garten. This is for that day. Mid-December and a few too many goodies coming up next weekend, right? There are lots of things that are faster to cook than a whole roast chicken, but few that are tastier and more satisfying.
Suzy’s Lemon-Almond Shortbread Bars
Shortbread’s a Scots thing. Good with tea in the afternoon or a wee dram late at night.
Curried Butternut Squash-Lentil Soup
Later in the evening one night last week, Dave (better know as “the hub”) and I decided to go out for a light dinner and drink. If you wait until 9:00 in Colorado Springs, or maybe in many smaller cities, your choices are often pizza or burgers… or a hop over to one of the all-night breakfast places. One large brewery nearby stays open until midnight and we ran over there, ordering a glass of white wine for me and a beer for Dave, perusing the menu while we nursed our drinks. This particular food list came equipped with calorie counts and, reading through the long list of available food, I was again flabbergasted by the calories involved in meat dishes versus vegetable and grain meals–especially given the holiday time of year.