We have just finished Day Four of our seven-day No-Shop challenge. If you’re not caught up on what this is about, it’s one way we’re managing the excess spending that comes around at Christmastime each year – by opting out
Tag: food
J. and I are not, by nature, extravagant people. We don’t spend lots of money on the usual things — cars, clothes, gadgets, vacations. We own both of our modest cars outright (and both have well over 100,000 miles to
A few weeks ago, blogger buddy Bettina of The Lunch Tray and I decided to celebrate Food Day by asking our readers to participate in something we’re calling “Second Helpings.” The premise was simple: Just do a food-related good deed
In the past two installments of our Thanksgiving Edition, I’ve neglected to do one very important thing. I’ve neglected, entirely, to share any vegetables with you (unless you count the sweet potato soup — but that’s not really what I
Welcome back to Thanksgiving week on Red, Round, or Green! On Monday night I shared two new easy recipes that are still impressive enough to kick off your Thanksgiving meal. Tonight, it’s cold and blustery out and the first snow
It’s here! It’s really here! The holiday season is upon us, as evidenced by the non-stop running of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” on our DVD player and my kids’ endless perusal of the deluge of holiday catalogs that keep showing
Tonight, much to J.’s delight, was not only Halloween — it was, as he proclaimed, “The start of the entire best time of year!” He’s right, of course. Not only did we have a fabulous time trick-or-treating with our little
This is not to be confused with “Free-Range” chicken dinner. I don’t think the chicken I made tonight, which was, in fact, free — economically speaking — was a “free-range” chicken. By the way, have I ever mentioned to you
Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight. If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but
You know what? Sometimes, there’s just not enough time to really cook. I get it. I’m a parent with two small kids, a full-time job, a blog, a serious choral singing commitment, and a couple of occasional side projects/contract jobs