Cauliflower Rice

What a weird title right? But as I was sitting here thinking about posts for the next few days my mind kept going back to a Chicken Fried Rice dish that I learned to make in my first job out of Culinary School oh 23 years or so ago. It had this amazing rice that […]

The Brownie Bet

I lost a bet to my Sister in law, Donna, during the NCAA Final Four this past March. I was rooting for my Michigan State Spartans and she was rooting for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. If you follow college basketball you know that MSU lost to Texas Tech in the first game of the […]

Farmers Market finds turned into a yummy brunch

Yesterday was the opening weekend for the Missoula Farmers Market and it was a fabulous spring morning in Montana. The sun was shining, there was no breeze to speak of and while it was crisp out, it wasn’t uncomfortable in the sun. There were some new vendors this year that I really enjoyed, one of […]

Knowing your worth

I’ve learned in the last few years that no matter what other people think of me and there are some out there who think I’m a monster, that their opinion, their judgement, means nothing. I’m still a kind and loving woman who has an amazing life and wonderful relationships. Others may have tried to control […]

My Big Sister

I’ve written about both of my brothers but I wanted to share about my sister. Having a sister is one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever had. Let me tell you about her. She’s a fantastic Mom. She’s incredibly loyal. She’s funny. She’s smart as a whip. She’s kinda bossy, I mean she is […]

Ready for the Farmer’s Market

So excited that the Farmer’s Market in Missoula opens this weekend. It’s been unusually chilly this spring and there hasn’t been a chance to plant anything yet so I’m excited to be able to go downtown and go the Market and see what veggies might be available. One of the best things about living in […]

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day can either be a really happy day to celebrate the woman in your life that helped to shape you and guide you. But it can also highlight the broken relationship between Mother and Daughter that no one talks about. That I don’t talk about. What is it about the dichotomy of relationships between […]

Discovering that I like Beer…sort of

A few weeks back my big brother and sister-in-law came up to visit me from Texas and we went to a couple of breweries around where I live. Now I would be the first to say I don’t like beer. I don’t the way it smells and have always thought it was bitter. But I […]