Month: April 2016

A Mother’s Day Tea Party

A Mother’s Day Tea Party

The perfect tea party menu Saturday! Saturday!  It’s a happy chant for a happy day.  Mom and I are in Boston having some fun in the gorgeous sunshine before I have to be a grown up and do work and it’s been a good, stomach-satisfying…

North African Potato Soup

North African Potato Soup

Easy North African Potato Soup is flavored by ras el hanout, fresh ginger and herbs to warm you up on the coldest of days.

A Cinco de May Potluck

A Cinco de May Potluck

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If you’ve been checking your calendar you may be as surprised as I am that it’s almost May. Freakin MAY.  What the heck?!  Twenty-16 is flying by as quick as a flea.

With May comes many things. May Day. Mother’s Day.  Tulips.  Late spring.  Margaritas.

Yup, as May starts, so is Cinco de Mayo once upon us again.  

I go through weeks where it’s like Cinco de Mayo all the time in Apt 2RB. Mexican food is the one cuisine of which I never tire, and which I never really have to be in the mood to eat because, really,  I’m always in the mood to shove some tacos in my face.

Last year, the people at work and I decided to throw a potluck for May 5th, and it was such a success that it snowballed into a quarterly event. For Mardi Gras fun, check it here.

To help you duplicate our duplicate-worthy efforts, I’ve combined a list of must-haves to make your Cinco party muy bueno.  Different strokes for different folks, this sign up sheet accommodates the at-home cooks and the at-store buyers.  Win-win for all.

We’re building a taco bar because that’s the most fun way.  Here we go. (more…)

Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. We’re doing pretty well over here.  Despite a very traumatic car ride to the vet yesterday, we both settled down enough to watch the Hawks pull out a victory (playoffs!), and Crawley forgave me enough to let me sleep until 7:30 this morning.…

Grandma Diamond’s Coffee Cake

Grandma Diamond’s Coffee Cake

Thank you, Saturday. It’s been a long week, full of “new parent” things. Now, before you people-parents get all angry, I’m not trying to minimize what you do, but I’ve learned this week that being a pet parent can be a whole lotta stressful, too.…

Café de Olla

Café de Olla

Happy Thursday folks! It’s just past mid-week and we’re staring Friday in the face.  We’re almost there. We need coffee. How about some cafe de olla?

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Crawfish Étouffée

Crawfish Étouffée

Today’s dish was not really bred from want or cravings, but more from all the extra crawfish tails leftover from the cajun fettuccine.  Not that it’s a bad thing- ever since Peaches made Chicken Étouffée for our Mardi Gras potluck a few months ago, crawfish etouffée has…

Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. It’s going to be 75 degrees today, and I don’t even know what to do with myself about it. Walking outside without warm footwear and some sort of overcoat seems risky and unrealistic, but it’s that time of the year that mental expectations…

Moroccan Semolina Pancakes

Moroccan Semolina Pancakes

It’s been months since I’ve had a proper Pancake Sunday so I’m fixing that STAT with these Moroccan Semolina Pancakes. 

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Cajun Fettuccine

Cajun Fettuccine

Easy Cajun Fettuccine mixes up your everyday pasta in all the ways: roasted tomatoes, Cajun seasoning and a whole lot of crawfish tails