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Valentine’s Day is in the middle of the week, and on Ash Wednesday. We rarely go out for Valentine’s Day, but we try to do a special meal and hang out together. I found these brass chargers and vintage rose pattern china (Rosenthal Petal Lane) and thought they’d be great for a tablescape. I found most of theContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Table”

This is one of my favorite treats–spicy and creamy and delicious. I used to buy Tazo Tea’s chai latte concentrate, but it’s expensive ($5/container) and transporting that much liquid cross country wastes a lot of fuel. SO, I found some recipes on the internet for how to make it yourself. You’ll need to assemble a bunch ofContinue reading “Iced Chai Latte”

King Cake 1/4 cup butter or margarine 16 oz sour cream 1/3 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 2 envelopes yeast 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees) 2 large eggs 6 to 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (Penzey’s Spices has the best around) 1/3 cupContinue reading “Mardi Gras–Laissez les bontemps rouler!”

It’s going to be coolish this week, so this spicy, hearty, comforting dish sounded especially good. Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 2-12 oz packages andouille sausage (pork or chicken) 1 1/2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken 2 bell peppers cut in a 1/2″ dice 2 onions cut in a 1/2″ dice 1 quart canned tomatoes, orContinue reading “Chicken and Andouille Jambalaya”

Oh, we love this one. I was introduced to it when we did a series of “healthy meals” for events at work to try to get our employees to see that food can both taste good and be good for you. I’m not sure that worked with our employees, but I have been making thisContinue reading “Apple Salad”

During the pandemic, I did a series of tablescapes with stuff that I had on hand. Here are some of my favorites. This is a studious table with a vase of antique rulers and scales standing in for a vase of flowers. I added vintage books, a brass candle holder, vintage box of pencil leads, smallContinue reading “Some Tablescapes for Spring”

I love apple crisp. Always have. We started eating this one as breakfast for Thanksgiving morning several years ago. It’s great for breakfast, but obviously is also yummy for a dessert. This is a triple make ahead breakfast: You can make it the night before; you can make the topping and keep it in theContinue reading “A Cozy Comforting Crisp”

I have been making cinnamon rolls for years. The boys used to take them for boy scout camping trips and we brought them to all the boys’ regattas. Chris and I made hundreds of pans of them to raise money for his trip to Europe when he was in 7th grade. In fact, they wereContinue reading “Apple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls”

Given the weather around the country today, this seems an appropriate recipe to share with you…. Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, diced 3 carrots, peeled and sliced 8 cloves of garlic, minced 56 oz. canned tomatoes (I used some that I canned last summer) 1 cup chopped roasted red pepper 1 quartContinue reading “Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Bisque”