Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Moving really is not fun. Moving when you don’t have a place lined up to move in to is less fun. So while I look for that place to move into, 98 percent of everything I own is in storage and I’m camped out at a hotel. (On the plus side: Maid service! Cable! Free… Continue reading Moving adventures: No-bake peach crisp
I have too many tomatoes, so I came up with a tomato salad recipe tonight. Tomato Salad 3 tomatoes, chopped 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced 1/4 cup onion 1/2 cup croutons 6 slices of crispy bacon, crumbled 1/4 cup Italian dressing, or 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar with 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper… Continue reading You say tomato; I say there are still 20 left
I came home with lots of fresh-from-the-garden produce last weekend. Here’s what (part of it) turned into. (Bonus: What salad isn’t better with bacon?) 7-layer salad 6 cups lettuce (or lettuce and spinach) 1/3 cup onion 1/3 cup sliced radishes 12 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled 1 cup peas 1 to 1-1/2 cups salad dressing… Continue reading What do you do with 10 pounds of lettuce?
Linens ‘N Things is going out of business. This is very sad because I figured when my current gig ended I’d be able to get a job at LNT. Plus, despite their poor punctuation, it’s my favorite of the big-box home stores. Last weekend I stopped by a local Linens ‘N Things and bought an… Continue reading It’s a life-changing vegetable peeler