Have I told you about my thing for white, caloric dips? Give me a tub of spinach dip from your average supermarket deli and don’t expect to hear from me for an hour. Weight Watchers calls these “red light” foods, apparently. Meaning, stop and think before you eat them. One bite can send you over [...]

Manna from heaven. That’s what this salad was.
I would use up all your bandwidth if I detailed yesterday’s schedule–one of those days I crossed my fingers and hoped it wouldn’t end in shambles. It didn’t, and all because of some amazing men in my life. My brother-in-law Michael watched Loretta all day, and Richard picked [...]

We’re leaving for Ross Lake tomorrow (yeah!) and won’t be back until the end of next week.  I will miss being here.
Until then, I have a little proposition for you.  If you’re in the Seattle area, have some free time next week (I’m excluding people by the second, I know) AND want to turn on [...]

A couple weeks ago, I said that the first man to comment on this post would get a savory galette.  Karl picked it up today, and it couldn’t have gone to a more appreciative fan.
No recipe, per se, but :  sauteed some chard from my garden with garlic and butter/olive oil, then added sliced leeks [...]

Happy Father’s Day, everyone.  We had some beautiful prayers at church this morning about loving and appreciating the good fathers in our lives and forgiving the ones who failed.  Whatever your story tonight, I hope you had a peaceful day.
It just occurred to me that some of you don’t know my husband Yancey.  I mention [...]