Chinese Chili Sauce

Chinese Chili Sauce-3

  It is an ongoing joke in my family how out of control my father can be when it comes to picking up unusual items at the Asian market (oddly-flavored drinks, chips, crackers, condiments).  Where my mother will come home bearing only the items she put on her list when shopping alone, excursions with my [...]

Peppery Spring Salad

Peppery Spring Salad-3

  It was going to be a lunch for one.  Because I decided to pop in to the office for an hour or two to finish some work (I don’t normally work Thursdays), my husband spent the bulk of the day with one of his buddies.  By the time  my weekend officially started at 1 [...]

Banana Coconut Bread

Banana Coconut Bread-5

  Today was about meeting deadlines, about my internet connection freezing as I attempted to save the full page of text I had just written (I’m normally so “save”-happy, I don’t know what happened today).  It was about having to start over, trying to recapture the words that seemed to flow freely before I lost [...]

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup-4

  One can look at it two ways:  I either have a shortage of storage space or, I reluctantly  admit, I have too much stuff.  Well, I have a partner-in-crime but my husband will never admit it.  We’ve been quite the enthusiastic consumers lately and I’m beginning to feel like if I’m not careful, my [...]

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Fig Butter and Arugula

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Fig Butter and Arugula

  We’ve got rain.  Well, a little anyway.  We started out the season ahead of the numbers but Mother Nature rested on her laurels and fell behind.  It’s been such a dry season… So when the wind’s howling announced the rain’s arrival last night, my husband quickly prepared a fire as if to welcome a much-missed [...]