fat free opinions on a food centric life
I was hoping Mother Nature might take pity on us by wielding her mighty weather wand because October has arrived and with it, the promise of Fall. All things apples and pumpkins, steaming bowls of comforting soup to stave off a late afternoon chill …
I made it back from my trip to the East Coast safe and sound and will share my experience after it settles and I’ve had time to savor it all. In the meantime, I have many recipes to share and ideas for more. I …
Best laid plans — I had them. I really did. But I ran out of time. It’s after 11 pm and the alarm will sound at 3:45 am tomorrow so that I can get up, pretend as if I can actually see clearly enough to put on my makeup, then get the hubster out of bed to drive me to the airport. I’m headed to western New York state to spend time with a childhood friend I’ve not seen since 1967.
I always have to take a deep breath when I realize it because it’s wonderful and overwhelming all at once.
I wanted to have a recipe or two to share with you while I was gone, but I’ve been working steadily on repairing the broken links to photos in old posts whose recipes are great, actually, so I decided to share a few of those with you instead of something new — and I have quite a bit that’s new.
Maybe I’ve been too distracted about this trip, remembering some of the best years of my childhood and a friend I thought I’d lost forever. That’s quite a bit to keep an easily distracted someone like me busy remembering and wondering about what ifs.
I’ll be gone for nearly two weeks and most likely will not have much time here, so I’ll look forward to sharing when I return.
In the meantime, you might be interested in the following:
After swearing off most things sweet for the first six months of the year, I did make a few desserts this summer for holidays, birthdays, and a get together or two, and these Strawberry Jam Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies were a perfect choice. Go ahead. …
We’ve enjoyed so many different great recipes this summer, I haven’t done a very good job of keeping it up when it comes to sharing them with you. What’s my excuse? Well. I’d say pull up a chair and allow me to share the photos …