Cod Acqua Pazza Recipe (vegan option, too!)

If you’ve been hanging out here long enough, you know that my favorite night of the year is Christmas Eve at my Aunt Sheila’s house with my dad’s family – all 100+ of us.  It’s a fun night with all the traditions I grew up with: a million fish dishes, carols being sung while waiting […]

Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2020 and E-book – 4 Weeks and Counting!

This post has been edited from the original, which was published on October 27, 2011. Can you believe what today is?  It is the beginning of the countdown!!  Thanksgiving is 4 weeks from today!  No need to panic, friends.  We’re going to have some fun over the next month!  Even though things are a little […]

Dinner Planner – Week of October 19th, 2020

I changed it up a little this week and I decided to not watch the news.  I needed a break from the “breaking news” every hour of every day.  I may have been “out of it,” but I was healthier for it.  I still enjoy my walks every morning outside and I listen to podcasts […]

Dinner Planner – Week of September 21st, 2020

For those of you celebrating, Happy New Year!  Although I have always felt that September was the start of a new year.  I hope the beginning of school and possibly the return to work outside the home have been an easy transition for you.  My mother-in-law always hosts the first night of Rosh Hashanah, so […]

Dinner Planner – Week of September 14th, 2020

School is in full swing for almost everyone I know.  By “full-swing,” I do not mean back to normal, by any means.  I feel for you parents with elementary children at home.  I know you have a lot on your plate right now.  We can all only do the best we can and that is […]