Meals in boxes ready to cook!

You know those annoying marketing posts that appear on your Facebook wall uninvited?  I have to say… they must be pretty effective, because one of those ads caught my eye one day. It was a food delivery service.  Yes, it’s always the food that gets me. haha.  They ship weekly boxes of fresh ingredients complete and pre-measured … [Read more…]

Fitness at 50

I’ve kept up with my workouts for nearly 18 months now.  Wow!  I impress myself!  haha.  I first started with the Insanity Workout (during which I seriously abused my middle-aged body), which was a huge challenge for me.  Given my personality type, the challenge kept me going.  I wanted to prove to myself and to … [Read more…]

Linda’s Noodly Salad

  This is my recipe creation inspired by summer, health, and yumminess. 🙂 Linda’s Asian-ish Chicken Noodly Salad The Chicken:             2 chicken breasts             2-3 bay leaves (what the heck, add a couple more!!)             Several peppercorns (“several” means … [Read more…]

Great Cioppino Recipe!!

Tonight, I made the below recipe (from epicurious.com) again for the 4th time, which has become one of our favorites.  It’s so easy and very delicious!!  I tweak it to suit my taste as indicated, and serve with warm bread for dipping. 🙂 1 fennel bulb, stalks discarded and bulb cut lengthwise into 6 wedges … [Read more…]