Thanksgiving 2015 Menu Ideas

Guess what today is?  It is exactly 4 weeks before Thanksgiving!  Don’t panic.  We are going to plan and get organized and have so much fun doing it.  “Right after Halloween!” you’re thinking.  Yes, of course.  Halloween is on Saturday and if you’re like me, you still have to buy candy and figure out your […]

Five Friday Favorites 10.23.15

Happy Friday, my dears.  The temps are seasonable.  My air conditioning works beautifully.  I have no complaints.  I now have to think of other things to talk about with my friends though, since the weather is no longer an issue and I am already over the Presidential election.  Of course, there’s always those last 5 […]

Five Friday Favorites 07.31.15

Here’s my summer conundrum:  I teach a little less in the summer which gives me more free time, so then I make a huge list of projects and stuff I’ve always wanted to get done (e.g. scan all the kids’ artwork and frame it), but then realize I need a break and cross nothing off […]

Five friday favorites 07.24.15

What a week!  In case you missed my posts on Instagram and Facebook, I was on The Today Show this past Wednesday!  I know!!!  Such a fun experience for me and I cooked up three great family-friendly recipes using zucchini.  I know many of you might have a boatload of zucchini in your gardens right […]

Five friday favorites 04.24.15

Yay, it’s the weekend!  I’ve been continuing with my Mexican-inspired classes this month and I’ve also been posting a few recipes on the blog in anticipation of Cinco de Mayo.  In other exciting 😉 news, I finally got around to eating at SQIRL, the more-hip-than-I-am cafe in LA, close to Silver Lake.  It’s quite literally […]