So if you haven’t figured it out yet, I love beans! I think they are the most delicious, nutritious, and filling protein. And, aside from my Super Bowl of Red Chili recipe, I also love to make white chili (white beans and chicken breast). As always, you can omit the chicken altogether, or substitute . . . → Read More: White Chili Recipe
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This is one of our family’s favorite summer time salads. No recipe exists for this, because it comes straight from our family’s European heritage. It’s easy to make, refreshing, pungent, flavorful, and goes really well with almost anything that’s been grilled, but especially a good steak! It’s guaranteed to become a favorite for . . . → Read More: Tomato-Onion-Feta Salad This past February, we hosted our second Neighborhood Martini Party. It’s the perfect cure for cabin fever during our long, dark, cold winters in Ohio. Both times, it was a huge success. Everyone has a good time, and then safely WALKS home! So here are a few tips we’ve learned from our soirees: Invite . . . → Read More: How to Host a Martini Party! Two of the biggest perks of being self-employed for the past 15 years are flexibility in my schedule, and traveling for my clients. When you combine the two, it results in wonderful opportunities to extend business travel into leisure. And, we’ve taken advantage of this opportunity quite often over the years. Most of my business travel is within North America, but it’s a big place, and there are still several states I’ve not yet visited! . . . → Read More: My Top 10 Favorite Getaways Since I am of the Eastern Orthodox faith, my family and I take Communion at least once per year, usually during Great Lent. Per tradition, we must “fast” for a week to prepare, by essentially eating a vegetarian diet that excludes all dairy. In addition, some people (including clergy) also abstain from consuming cooking . . . → Read More: A Great Vegetarian Meal Marie’s Simple Lasagna Hot and bubbly lasagna, just out of the oven. It didn’t take long to figure out that the most visited posts on my blog are the recipes! So here’s another great recipe that I’ve refined over the years. It comes from a dear, old friend . . . → Read More: Marie’s Lasagna Recipe Building sandcastles on the beach at Lago Mar Over the past 18 years or so, we’ve tried to take family vacations on a regular basis. It was easiest when the kids were really little, and we didn’t have to deal with school schedules, practices, lessons, and friends. It was also easiest when the . . . → Read More: Inspiring Ideas for Your Next Family Vacation I shop with people for a living – it’s what I do. As a consultant, I work with some of the country’s biggest and most well-known brands to help them understand how well their products, displays, brochures, and other materials resonate with consumers in the retail environments where they are sold. I shop along . . . → Read More: The Elderly Struggle with Big Purchases and Big Decisions To find out who I am and why I’m taking the time to write a blog, click here and read my new “About” page! I’ve been sitting at my desk working since 7:30 a.m., and it’s now 3:00 p.m. It’s cold outside, my fingers feel like icicles. Why hasn’t anyone invented a heated keyboard and mouse? My go-to recipe when I’m in a rush and feel like some comfort food, is my mother’s Rice Pilaf. An eight year . . . → Read More: Rice Pilaf on a Cold Winter Night |
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