Determined to make a recipe out of my fabulous new Audrey Hepburn cookbook for dinner tonight, I chose her Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca. This cookbook is a wonderful book that her son, Luca Dotti wrote. If you are at all a fan of Audrey Hepburn, I highly recommend ordering this fantastic book. The stories that come…
Author: Sunshine and Savory
I love when my house is filled with people, having friends and family over for a meal feeds my soul. There is nothing I enjoy more than preparing for a dinner party, a holiday dinner, or a book club meeting when it's my turn to host ... If I could, I would own a Bed and Breakfast! This would ensure I'd always have someone to prepare a meal for. Being with others and sharing my table is what I look forward to most. I was born in Wisconsin and after I got married in 1987, my husband and I moved west for his job. He had just graduated college and we were married a couple months later. An interesting tidbit about me is that I never cooked a meal before I got married. I taught myself how to cook and found that I really enjoyed it. One of the first meals I made after we were married was a shrimp pasta dish. I made this for myself when my husband was on business travel and I had so much fun inventing this meal - this was the start of my love of cooking. My favorite celebrity chefs are Ina Garten and The Pioneer Woman. I hope you enjoy my blog!
Cranberry Orange Almond Muffins
Dennis has to leave for the East Coast for meetings this morning so thought I would make some muffins for him and his colleague to enjoy on their drive to LAX (why he just can’t fly out of San Diego is beyond me). It is our 30th anniversary today … wow, how time flies! I…
Ciabatta Rosemary, Turkey and Havarti Sandwich
Football season is upon us! I love fall for so many reasons, but having football playing in the background, even if I’m not able to watch for some reason, is one of them. Today is the draft for Fantasy Football. We are playing in our family fantasy football league, where my team name is Julia…
Hoping to Feel a Little Like Audrey Hepburn
It has been on my cooking bucket list to make a soufflé for quite some time. The idea of it does scare me a bit. I watch every show of Ina Garten’s, even if I’ve seen them before. I’ve watched her make a soufflé so many times and she makes it look easy. I can…
Pesto Tuna Stuffed Tomatoes
Today’s lunch was a low carb option that I was looking forward to so I could keep my energy up throughout the afternoon. I have always enjoyed tuna, sometimes I’ll even eat it dry, out of the can, on Wheat Thin crackers for lunch. Today, I wanted to try something different, however, so decided to…
Allspice Sugar Cookies
I usually create my recipes while I’m out on my walk. I walk for exercise and this is my time for me to think, reflect and come up with new recipes to share with you all. Monday while I was walking, I started thinking about allspice and wanting to incorporate it into a cookie recipe….
Chicken Fajitas
Today is Tuesday, which to some people means “Taco Tuesday”. I wanted Mexican tonight, but not tacos … fajitas. I figured I could wait until Friday and make a “Fajita Friday” dinner, or yesterday we could have had “Mexican Monday”, but went with my idea for fajitas on a Tuesday. I roasted a few chicken…
Penne Alla Vodka
Today was Kylie’s first day of college. Dennis and I feel so lucky that she has decided to attend college in San Diego and to live at home. Kylie is attending Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM). She really wanted to stay home and commute and we couldn’t be happier. I was so excited to…
French Bread Pizza
We were in the mood to hang around the house tonight, even though it’s a Friday night. We took a drive to Cal State University San Marcos today so Kylie could check out where her classes are and so she could figure out which one of the many parking lots she should park in so…
Balsamic Chicken over Mini Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad
It’s almost the end of summer, but it is still summer. School is starting up soon, if it hasn’t already for some kids. I keep hearing on t.v., “summer is almost over”, and I think to myself “where did the time go”. This year, summer seemed to fly by. I think in part, for me,…
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