My Husband In The Limelight

Today is my husband’s birthday, and I dedicate the blog to him. I don’t know why I deserve to be loved by the most loving, selfless, intelligent, handsome man I’ve ever known. I don’t know why he pursued me through middle school, high school and college, despite my best attempts to push him away. The [...]

Food: A Pleasure of Life

I asked Carter the other day: “Is it weird that I love food so much?” He laughed and said: “No, or course not. Food’s good. It’s one of the pleasures of life.” (One that I denied myself for a long time. Silly, senseless me). Well said, my hubby, well said. And so, this post is [...]

Books, Beaches & Burritos

News for Thursday . . . 1. I just finished reading “The Help” for Jenna’s Book Nerd Club. I’m a tad behind. The book was so powerful, and it’s something I never would’ve picked up had other women my age not recommended it. Like I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been so fascinated with [...]

Squash Supper Pie

Did you miss my birthday recap? Check out the post here, and don’t miss the 2-minute video: Beach Romance I found this quiche-like recipe on allrecipes.com and modified it according to some of the reviews I read: Mimi’s Zucchini Pie Here is my modified recipe, and it turned out to be a healthy, delicious and comforting [...]

Peaches For Me

Last night’s dessert reminded me of my great grandmom’s heavenly peach pie, one of my favorite childhood desserts. Carter and I are going to attempt to make it this week, as per my birthday request. I’m turning 28 on Friday — that calls for peach pie! Until then . . . I have the perfect, [...]

Berry Sweet Things

I’m still all smiles thinking about Friday’s blogger meet-up. Woke up all happy and smiley, and then became even happier and smilier after making this breakfast (Though it looks a little overdone in the photo, I promise it was absolute perfection): Caramelized Challah French Toast with Peanut Butter & Bananas (serves 2): 1. Heat skillet [...]

Peaceful Within

I like myself. Yes, I said that. I like that, for the summer, I am a stay-at-home wife. I like that I have time to spend hours weeding and mulching our garden. I like having the time to take Kai for long walks and to snuggle with Roxy. I like to sop up books like [...]

Oven Veggie Grinders

Earlier this week, a menu from a local pizza joint made its way into our mailbox. One of the items, the “veggie grinder,” caught my eye . . . and then of course, that’s all that would satisfy my dinner cravings. So . . . I created my own version of the grinder, saving myself [...]

Honey-Nut-Cherry French Toast

Delicious bread is key when making perfect french toast. Cranberry walnut bread from Four Worlds Bakery in Philadelphia was the star of this sweet and scrumptious breakfast. Honey-Nut-Cherry French Toast (Serves 2): 1. Pre-heat skillet to medium-high heat. 2. Toast 2 T pecan halves in skillet until you start to smell them. Remove from skillet [...]

The Day After

I still can’t believe Carter and I celebrated two years of marriage on Monday. What a precious two years it has been. We enjoy celebrating with “traditional” anniversary gifts, so last night we surprised each other with traditional second anniversary gifts of cotton. I was very excited to open my gift . . . which [...]