I hope summer is treating you well and you are enjoying the sunshine and the great outdoors. I don’t know about you, but I would rather spend as little time as possible in the kitchen and more time outdoors lounging poolside. With that spirit in mind, this week’s dinners leaves you plenty of time lounging [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The other day I had a conversation about 4th of July with my 8 year old. He wanted to know why July 4th was called Independence Day. “But mom, why do we call it Independence Day?” After a lengthy explanation of how the first settlers came to the U.S. from England and how the settler [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...VoilĂ ! May I present the top five fave? How did the kids do? I thought they did pretty well. Three of the five dishes are old time favorites of mine. Dishes I grew up with. It’s great to see that the kids like it just as much as I do. What are some of your [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A miracle happened at my house. The kids actually asked me to cook one or the other menu, since they did not have it in “like forever mom!”. Wow, I thought I will never hear these word from my kids. I guess writing the blog and developing new and improved recipes did pay off. The [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...It’s the day after another great Friday Night Dinner. Great food and great company! I’m tired and staring at the screen. Mercifully my cellphone releases that beautiful chime indicating a text message. Awesome, I can divert my attention to something else than the blank screen in front of me. Eagerly I turn the phone on, [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...With summer vacation starting for so many of you, I thought it would be fun to take a pretend culinary vacation around the globe, a world tour so to speak. The pictures have been taken off the internet since I have not been able to go to the places featured…yet. Monday’s dinner visits the Greek [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Memorial Day is a time to remember all the brave individuals that have sacrificed their lives for our freedom and our endless possibilities to live our lives to its fullest. In honor of Memorial Day we will have daily BBQ s to celebrate the start of summer. I feel time is slowing down and I [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Every time my kids come home with a project, I vow to start early, get it out of the way, be done with… so we do not find ourselves in a bind and scramble the night before to get it all done. I can’t count how many times I have stayed up with one or [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...After a busy week of sports and a hectic Saturday, I’m ready to take it a little easier next week. Who said Mother’s Day should only be one day? Let’s give ourselves a little present. Next week’s dinners take less than 1 hour:) A few years ago, when one of my girls was in first [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...This week we will be taking a culinary vacation. In honor of Cinco di Mayo, Monday and Tuesday’s dinner have a Mexican flavor to it. For Wednesday’s dinner we are visiting one of my favorite countries, Italy and move on to my home country Switzerland. The week ends in Tunisia for a truly culinary delight. [...]
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