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It’s What’s for Breakfast! Crab-Spinach Egg Casserole
There’s something about the holiday season that makes me want to try new recipes. Perhaps it’s the cooler weather, the anticipation of a house once-again full of life and hungry sons, or just my internal clock saying it’s time to stay inside and celebrate hearth & home! Yesterday I did a taste-test for a crab-spinach ...
Silent Night
The gifts have been secured and wrapped. A Christmas tree was finally procured so the Gaver household does, in fact, have a beautiful, petite blue spruce to call their own. The stockings have been hung. The cookies are under construction. All signs indicate that I am ready for Christmas. But all is not complete. My ...
A Seat at the Table
I grew up in a large family and dinner time was always lively! Before the meal ended, you could count on hearing plenty of stories, laughter, being constantly interrupted, someone getting mad and being sent to their room, and the ever popular race for the coveted second helpings. People often tell me that their biggest ...
The nose knows
It’s officially holiday shopping season which means one thing: it’s “Show Time” for the retailers! Today I fell prey to the oldest sales tactic in the book: get ‘em in the nose! I’m not talking about the perfectly coiffed and made-up perfume counter girls who assertively peddle their wares at the department stores. That usually ...
The night the lights went out in Georgia
Yesterday was a long day here on the East Coast. In spite of the fact that it is Halloween weekend and the leaves are in the height of their Autumn Glory, we were slammed with the first snow storm of the season. And it was not a teaser, sissy-kind-of snowfall with light fluffy flakes floating ...
Just what the doctor ordered!
Today, I called in sick. Since I wasn’t sick, I called in “well.” And since I work for myself, I didn’t even call in. I just decided that today I would practice what I preach and put some fuel back in the tank! Things have been hectic here with training sessions, conferences, and putting the ...
Clean Sweep!
Today is Cleaning Day! The only reason it is cleaning day is because it hasn’t happened in SO long that something has to be done! Stat! I really hate to clean. There are thousands of things I’d rather be doing, like blogging, gardening, decorating, hanging with my friends and family, logging onto Facebook (the ultimate ...
What would Giada do?
I love trying new recipes almost as much as I like eating them! If you read my first book, you already know that the only thing capable of keeping me occupied on the treadmill is watching the Food Channel Network. Giada is my favorite of all the celebrity chefs, but I’m convinced there is NO ...
Autumn Glory!
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” (George Eliot). It’s probably a surprise that someone who loves gardening the way I do, could be so hopelessly in love with Autumn! It is, without a doubt, my favorite ...
