Sometimes life gives you lemons. And sometimes a surprise comes with your lemons. A month or so ago I picked up a bag of lemons, probably at Costco or HEB. Tucked in the Sunkist sack was a robinet pour citron. Fancy, huh? This tiny yellow faucet easily twists into the stem end of a lemon and with a squeeze you have fresh juice. Can you stand the excitement? Here's the twist. I like to drink hot lemon water. Quirky, I know, but ...
Archives for August 2010
Rosemary Kind Bars
Trust me... Rosemary Kind Bars 1 1/3 cups dates, chopped 1/3 cup raw almonds 3/4 cup dried cranberries 1 sprig rosemary (I used a little more!) generous dash of celtic sea salt (1/4 + tsp) Process all ingredients in food processor. Don't worry if you still have large pieces of almonds or dates, the mixture is hard to completely process. With wet hands roll into bars. Wrap individually in plastic wrap and place in ...
Waiting for the rain
~ The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...
Happy Birthday!
This my friends is the breakfast of birthday champions. As soon as the light of day breaks through the windows, the Littles will enjoy a nutritious, hearty helping of birthday cake. All before 8 am. Cake for the Littles, coffee for the mama. Nine years ago on my 33rd birthday, our second Little and first daughter made her way into the world. I can see you doing the math in your head, you know. I'm 42 today. My beloved Little is 9. So ...
Peach Salad with Hill Country Wine Dressing
It's peak peach time here in central Texas. Husband & I were in the Hill Country last weekend and picked up a flat of freestone peaches in Fredericksburg. I tweeked a recipe I found from Cooking Light and came up with a delicious, summer salad. It's a great way to enjoy the bounty of peaches before they're all gone. For the dressing I used a sweet wine ('08 Muscat Canelli) we picked up at Santa Maria Cellars in Fredericksburg. ...
Readiness
This, my friends, is not a picture of readiness. The Littles dumped their backpacks (which for the record are still full) on the last day of school and we haven't touched them since. Why am I sharing our backpack-wall-of-shame in the garage with you? Because Mia reads my musings and she'll vouch for me when I am successful in my back-to-school organization mission. Nothing like a mother to keep you accountable, huh? I mentioned in my ...
Russia
You know the ice breaker game played to encourage groups to get to know one another? Everyone tells an obscure fact about themselves that no one would ever guess. For the last 20 years, on such occasions, I've shared 'I've been ice fishing in Siberia' as my random factoid. Every once in a while I'll play the 'I finished a marathon' card because it is actually more unbelievable than the Russian bit. The thing is, I really have been ice ...