Category Archives: Family Affairs

08/3/14

August 3rd, 2014 ~ Weekly Dinner Menu

  SUNDAY Grilled Top Sirloin Steaks  |  Summer Skillet Corn & Tomato Salad  |  Cold Cucumber Chips MONDAY Steak Tacos with Grilled Sweet Peppers & Onions TUESDAY Baked Eggs with Sausage, Tomatoes & Sweet Peppers WEDNESDAY Sweet Asian Chili Stir~Fry with Pork, Ginger & Sweet Peaches  |  Skillet Green Beans  

01/20/14
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Classic Tapioca Pudding

  ” Mmmm! Gentlemen, I put it to you: the worst tapioca pudding is better than the best pudding of any other flavor.” ~ the character, Rajesh Koothrappali of the TV series “The Big Bang Theory” in The Friendship Algorithm” episode, 2009 {via IMDb}   I recently prepared a Chicken Bouillon soup for dinner, slightly adapting Continue reading → «Classic Tapioca Pudding»

10/27/13

Galway Downs ~ Here We Come!

  It is time for me to step out of the kitchen and hit the road…girls, horses & Tuffy in tow.  In the early hours, well before dawn on Monday morning, we will begin the 11-hour journey south to Temecula, California.  Our destination: the Galway Downs 2013 International Three-Day Event & Horse Trials.  Both Madison Continue reading → «Galway Downs ~ Here We Come!»

10/16/13
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Grilled Sambal Chicken Thighs & Kale~Butternut Squash Salad

TUESDAY Grilled Sambal Chicken Thighs  |  Kale~Butternut Squash Salad   {with a side of “Finding Your Passion”}   For me, the most difficult part of posting on this blog is this paragraph right here…the beginning.  Deciding how to start the conversations you and I share on this little space…most of the time, it is about Continue reading → «Grilled Sambal Chicken Thighs & Kale~Butternut Squash Salad»

04/25/13
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Dinner Out & Spring Shopping with a side of Key Lime Pie

THURSDAY Michael phoned me at lunch time this afternoon to let me know that he would be on the late ferry this evening & suggested that the kids and I meet him in town for dinner… Here comes Daddy… And a few minutes later… My dinner plate this evening…Baby Beet Salad with Greens, Goat Cheese, Continue reading → «Dinner Out & Spring Shopping with a side of Key Lime Pie»

04/20/13
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Chicken Wings & Friday Night Baseball

FRIDAY {Asian} Hot Wings  |  Blue Cheese-Yogurt Sauce  |  Carrot & Celery Sticks   Friday night!  We made it. The night baseball game, originally scheduled for this past Wednesday was cancelled at the last minute & rescheduled for tonight…Friday night baseball under the lights!!  Certainly a big deal for our Junior players…playing on a “real” Continue reading → «Chicken Wings & Friday Night Baseball»