What’s for dinner?

Fajita Spaghetti
One of my favorite recipes -- if not my favorite -- featured on the blog so far. Fajita Spaghetti Recipe 8 oz spaghetti1 lb … [Read More]
What’s for dessert?

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes in Cleveland Browns colors
Wanna taste 2 of the 100 Best Cupcake Recipes? At least, according to this cupcake cookbook called "100 Best Cupcake Recipes," … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Kitchen

Chicken Pear Protein Salad
The latest healthy meal in my recent kick was inspired by, well, the ingredients in the fridge that needed to be used up. When you stock your fridge with fruits and veggies, you get salads packed with anti-oxidants, protein and - most importantly - variety from boring ol' greens. You get something like: Chicken … [Read More]

Banana Beer Bread
When I need to get rid of brown bananas, I think banana bread. When I think bread, I think beer. Why not banana beer bread? What a lesson to be learned.I found this recipe for Vegan Banana Beer Bread here. Is beer really vegan though? I mean, I guess it's more vegan than the milk and eggs it replaces in the banana … [Read More]
In the Fresh Domestic Garden

3 Flowerbeds + 10 Dirty Fingernails Later…
Today launched our post-Memorial summer hours at work, when we're released at 3:30. And I made the most of my extra hours. First, … [Read More]

Winter Wonderland
On my way out the door for breakfast — okay, a late breakfast at noon, what most people refer to as lunch — it was just starting … [Read More]
Around Town + Beyond

Sunday Eve Picnic: Mini Wine & Cheese Party
Today became "Use Up All the Gift Cards Weighing Down Your Wallet" Day. Fueled by a scrambled egg/bacon/English muffin breakfast from The Shore Restaurant followed by a couple of West End Tavern Bloody Marys, we headed to Great Northern Mall. First stop: DSW, where I stretched a $25 gift card (and then some) into … [Read More...]

The First Camping Trip of the Season
This weekend, the warm weather forecast won out over the writing deadlines that begged me to stay indoors. Nature called, so in response we started packing our supplies and invited friends to come out for the first camping trip of the year. Our camping trips are usually somewhat spontaneous; during the week we … [Read More...]




