To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomat – the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know how much oil to mix in with one’s vinegar. -Oscar Wilde Are you a meal planner? 10 years ago, I started taking about 30 minutes each Monday to plan meals for the […]
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Sizzling Summer: Fun on the Cheap
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” John Lubbock, The Use of Life Ah summer, with your long days and bouncy children, […]
Sizzling Summer: Easy Kid Treats
Is it just me or does everything taste better outside? Juicy peaches, sweet strawberry shortcake, grilled salmon….the vibrant flavors just seem to pop in the summer. Outside is where it’s at in the summer. Picnic lunches at the park, snacks on hiking trails, burgers and fries after a long day playing in Lake Tahoe. I […]
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Sizzling Summer: Kids Books
” Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colours in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill. “― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Oh, summer, you […]