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It’s been an unusually soggy summer for us here in North Carolina. We have all of the typical heat and humidity of the Southeast plus but with lots of late afternoon tropical showers. While [...]

     Admit it. When you think of canning what comes to mind? That suspicious looking jar of chow chow your Aunt Edna gave you three years ago that you haven’t had the courage to open?    I [...]

You’ve heard the complaints. The whining. The faux hunger strikes. Chicken again?! I’m sprouting feathers! Chants of  “No More Chicken! No More Chicken!” ring in your [...]

I have to work hard to suppress my sanctimommy urges. Generally, I do a decent job. I’m guilty of  letting D2 watch back to back episodes of “Chuggington” so I can get a few [...]

If I could only eat one meal a day, it would be breakfast. I love, love breakfast. I love breakfast so much that when I am feeling too lazy to cook dinner, I’ll whip up a poached egg and [...]

Last week I prepared yet another fabulous recipe from Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Diet Cookbook.  These sesame-roasted broccoli and green beans are just divine. The roasting brings out the sweet [...]

I’m finally at the stage of my life where there isn’t a lot I need or want. While I won’t be joining the Black Friday masses this week, there is one thing I covet with all of my [...]

I love that there is a movement afoot to get families to cook and eat meals together; with obesity and Type 2 diabetes on the rise in this country and around the world,  we’ve got to do [...]

I’ve noticed that money is a popular blog topic. Given the recession, I guess it’s no surprise. I’m finding it very interesting to read about other people’s philosophies [...]

When I was in my early twenties and setting up my first apartment, my mother tried to give me a crock pot. I turned it down thinking it was outré to have one in my kitchen. I was an up and coming [...]