Garden skills. I can't say that I have many. But I can definitely say that I've started to learn a lot about it in the past few years. Lots of failures, a handful of good results and lots of notes taken! I don't recall having a garden when we were growing up. My mom did… Continue reading The Art of Gardening
When I was growing up, a very regular meal was meat (either burger-size ground beef, or steak) with mashed potatoes (or rice), and green beans. Although I wasn't a fan of green beans much, it was still a simply yet (mostly) well-balanced meal. I should add that my mom never made "American-style" green beans. So… Continue reading Simplicity Works Too!
I have to say that last night's meal was both frightening and exciting. At least, that's how I felt before starting to prepare it. Over the weekend, I bought two little artichokes at the local market. I had never used a full artichoke and, honestly, I had no idea what I could do with it,… Continue reading The Artichoke Experiment
Okay, okay, I got off my cooking wagon this weekend. After a wonderful night out with the ladies on Friday night, I ended up spending all weekend recovering from going to bed way passed my bed-time that night! Who could have thought I would be such an old lady at 26? Well, I guess going… Continue reading Cheating weekend
The Hungry Quebbie 