My sister arrives today from Houston. I am so excited to have her for a whole week! Can you tell???? I have shared with friends that we will be having visitors over the next few weeks before the baby arrives and people are just surprised, but I think it is a perfect time. You know why? It will keep me less occupied and thinking of the baby's arrival. I am looking forward to entertaining, sitting … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato and Broccoli Salad
I feel like I needed a whole day to recuperate from our 4th of July celebrations even though ours was non-traditional. Since my mother is in town I decided we needed to take a road trip and see some sights on a holiday. The roads were pretty empty until we arrived at our destination. It was definitely a popular place to be!We went to the Sleeping Bear Dunes Park up north in Empire, Michigan. I had … [Read more...]
White Pizza –with Mushrooms, Sun-dried Tomatoes and Broccoli
Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last post. We are terribly excited about bringing a new life into this world. All this means is that we have to make room in our snug duplex for a baby! We are so ahppy to already have our crib, we just need to make space in Ryan's office to make it half a nursery.I love challenges and I know I will be faced with many in the next 4 months. We are … [Read more...]
Creamy Broccoli and Mushroom Bake
Hello on this snowy day! I love the fact that it is sunny today despite the 5-6 inches of snow. Ryan had a nice 8am final so he had to be out in that mess!Our weekend was successful busy and full of music. After 2 days of rehearsal with Ryan and the orchestra we proved to be ready to perform 2 back-to-back Christmas programs.When we headed back home we embraced the snow storm we had heard was … [Read more...]
Warm Red Jasmine Rice and Broccoli Salad
When I got an email about another opportunity to submit a recipe to have a chance to go to California, I jumped at it. Can you tell I REALLY want to go? Electrolux and Foodbuzz invited all Featured Food Publishers to submit our favorite Thanksgiving sides, desserts or appetizers. I was excited it really did not have to involve meat, ya know? When I look through past side dishes I have enjoyed … [Read more...]
