It’s right about now that I always wish I could slow the hands of time. We are one week out from the Summer Solstice, the day of the year that gifts us with the most daylight—about 17 hours. Well, here in the northern hemisphere anyway. June...
Since I have finally become a responsible adult, I decided I ought to know how to properly use kitchen knives. This being the case, I took a Basic Knife Skills class this week. I visited Mrs. Dornberg’s Culinary Experience in Highland for this specialty class. After...
I recently attended the inaugural Northwest Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference. It was an energizing day spent with over 600 women from the Diocese of Gary, sharing friendship, faith, fun and FOOD! We enjoyed listening to several speakers, including Bishop Donald J. Hying and Father Leo Patalinghug....
April 27 is the day that has been designated National Prime Rib Day. This is important for all of you meat lovers out there. I’m not a big steak/prime rib eater, so this one is not usually on my radar. I draw attention to this because...
Fitness begins with food. Why? Because you can't out train a bad diet. When it comes to diet vs. exercise, you need both for best results. CLICK HERE to watch an official experiment of pizza vs. cardio I did my own experiment as well, so I could share...
In the midst of this extremely cold and snowy February comes the arrival of not one, but two feasting frenzy opportunities. Next week we will celebrate Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday. Celebrations occur and rich foods are traditionally eaten (yes, yet another excuse...
This is my favorite blog post of the year. Celebrating the Birth Month. I write it in February because…yes, you guessed it. February, which happens to be the shortest month, is my Birth Month. Celebrating my Birth Month has been my mantra for over a decade....
This year, I got most of my baking finished earlier than usual. I’m not sure how that happened, however as of this writing, there is no Christmas tree. Maybe tomorrow. Oh, and I do need to make those Ghirardelli brownies for Santa. You remember, the...
As I was rearranging my pantry the other day, my discoveries made me laugh. It also gave me fun content for another blog. Earlier this year I cleaned out the pantry. At that time I tossed out an interesting variety of foods that were SO OLD,...
Do you love your plan to get yourself moving, get in your steps, burn some calories, bump up your energy level, what have you? Or is it pure torture and drudgery? Are you in the category of folks who claim, “I don’t have time,” when...