Oat-Chocolate Chip-Walnut Muffins
These taste quite a bit like oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Yum! 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats (not instant — if you use instant they will turn these awesomely nutty muffins gluey and I will not speak to you…
Our Ultimate Hawaii Trip
This summer, we finally got to take the adventurous, extravagant, wonderful trip to Maui and the Big Island that I’d been dreaming of for all these years. The boys were finally big enough to do ALL THE…
Coconut Lime Thai Chicken Soup
Ingredients 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken meat 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 (14 ounce) cans coconut milk 2 cups water 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root 4 tablespoons fish sauce 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 1/4 teaspoon…
Zucchini-Carrot Bread
It’s not dessert, it’s a salad…right? So I can keep eating it? Zucchini-Carrot Bread 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon baking…
Arugula, Watermelon, and Feta Salad with Toasted Almonds and Honey-Lime Dressing
The recipe’s practically in the title, but here it is: Fill your salad bowl with rugala, watermelon in small cubes, crumbled feta cheese, and toasted sliced almonds (I do them in the toaster oven on 250 for…
If You Take a Boy to Yosemite…
If you take a boy to Yosemite, he will want to bring his bike. If he wants to bring his bike, so will his brother. If he and his brother bring their bikes, you and your husband…
What’s Your Starbucks Name?
Starbucks is such a considerate company. They don’t want any of their customers accidentally quaffing someone else’s drink. I mean, suppose you walked in one morning and ordered your regular iced grande decaf nonfat no-whip one-Splenda mocha,…
Key Lime Cheesecake
My husband is a great lover of key lime pie, and it’s his traditional birthday treat. But over the years I grew bored of making that and decided to branch out. Here’s a brand-new recipe. It’s darned…
Sanibel Itinerary … Just About as Close to Perfect as it Gets
I love that some of my friends have been to this special place and love it as much as I do. If you’ve never been to/never heard of Sanibel Island, I highly recommend it for the kind…
