S’mores Bars Recipe

  Hello from Portugal!  It’s our first time to this beautiful country and we are both totally smitten.  I’ve been posting many stories every day on Instagram and I am considering saving them all to highlights at the end of the trip.  Many people have asked about my husband’s plant-based diet and how he is […]

Dinner Planner – Week of July 15th, 2019

Hello from Portugal!  Hubs and I are taking a little vacay to celebrate this year’s big birthday (his was in May, mine is in October.)  We are already having the best time!  My older daughter will join us next week and then a few days after she meets us, we will go pick up Mr. […]

Spicy Tequila Cocktail Recipe

I haven’t posted a cocktail in a long time since this mint, cucumber, and vodka cocktail.  The fact is, I am not much of a booze drinker.  I like my hot water all day every day 😉 plus a yerba mate or matcha in the morning.  But cocktails have come a long way in the […]

Dinner Planner Week of July 8th, 2019

I hope you are in the midst of a fabulous holiday weekend.  I am taking my relaxing very seriously if you must know ;).  My older daughter came home from Dallas and accompanied my husband and me to our friends’ house in Montecito for a few days and other than writing this blog post, I […]

American Flag Pie Recipe

I don’t know what took me so long to make a pie like this since pies are MY FAVORITE thing to bake.  The irony is that pies aren’t exactly the most healthful thing in the world to eat, and I hardly touch them when they’re offered.  But it’s hard to beat a homemade pie.  They […]