J and I had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice, cozy, quiet – just the two of us! – and my long weekend actually started a little earlier than anticipated since we were granted a 3-hour early dismissal from work on Wednesday. Sweeeet! I got up (quite) early on Thursday and...
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I am not sure if I have mentioned before, but I am a HUGE zucchini fan. I think it’s my favorite vegetable. For the longest time, I would just slice it up and cook it in a pan just until tender and then sprinkle a little salt and pepper on...
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I have to be honest with you, I am not the greatest fan of American pancakes. I know. It’s a tough thing to hear. You’d think I have lived here long enough to have learned to love them. Indeed, every now and then, I’ll get a craving for them, but...
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After a somewhat cool and overcast Thursday, I was hoping for fall to be here, but then the temperatures crept up to the mid 80’s again over the weekend and the feeling of fall arriving disappeared as quickly as it had come. Oh well. There are only 10 weeks left...
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You guys, I made a super-tasty, low calorie, quick and easy Turkey Chili last night for dinner and I need to share the recipe with you. It’s going to be a perfect staple meal for my fall meal planning! Ingredients: 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil 1 pound ground turkey 1...
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Today I am going to share a German recipe with you… something that my Mom sometimes would make as a quick lunch, but which also perfectly works as a hearty brunch item (especially here in the US, where hot sandwiches are much more common on the menu). “Strammer Max” means...
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J and I spent the last weekend in San Francisco. We had a couple of things to celebrate (things that are between me and him and that I don’t need to mention for the sake of this blog post, but I want you to know that they were things that...
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You must know, I am a huge fan of tomato soup, but I am also very picky. I don’t like any plain-old tomato soup out of the can. My Mom’s tomato soup is actually the best and although she gave me the recipe (which I follow to the point), it...
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