FOOD, ART & SNOW

I have been negligent of my blog recently.  Lazy actually.  But this weather has me feeling so blahhhhh. 
Week before last I went to the Downtown Gallery Crawl.  First stop was Coda.  My cousin, Donna, is the chef there.  I grew up calling her Dinker and didn’t know her real name for a long time.  I [...]

Tags: BEAUX, CODA, SNOW PICS, THE RISING SUN

FRUGAL & HEALTHY FRIDAY

Prevention has 20 low cost healthy recipes that you can make ahead and freeze.  Directions are given for freezing as well.  Follow the link to the slide show.  To view the full recipe just click on it. 
PREVENTION LOW COST HEALTHY RECIPES

And from the Everyday Cheapskate:
Three Low-Fat Recipes to Kick off the New Year
Somehow, I [...]

Tags: EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, HEALTHY RECIPES, LOW COST RECIPES, PREVENTION

GOOD NEWS….BACON IS GOOD FOR YOU

EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH BACON
So says this article in Bon Appetit.  I have to say that I absolutely LOVE bacon. There is nothing better than a BLT.  
Since this weekend is a holiday weekend with Memorial Day this Monday I thought I would post this recipe from Bon Appetit for hamburgers.  It sounds so good. 
 
You can download the pdf file [...]

Tags: BURGER RECIPES, COCKTAIL RECIPES

BITS & PIECES

Well I made it home okay.  It was actually a nice drive and I made it in under 6 hours.  Oliver and Aiden were thrilled to see me.  They were both crawling all over me.  Aiden kept saying “MeMe” over and over and Oliver jumped all over both of us licking us.  He loves baby [...]

Tags: CATFISH, CULINARY SCHOOL, HUSHPUPPIES

NEW ORLEANS – FRENCH MARKET

Saturday was a beautiful day to walk around the French Quarters.  We didn’t eat breakfast so we were starving when we got there.  Parking was a nighmare as usual.  We ended up parking along a concrete wall where a lot of other people were parked.  At one time there were signs that said no parking [...]

Tags: FRENCH QUARTERS, NEW ORLEANS, PRALINES

COMPUTER BLINDNESS & CRAWFISH TAILS

Forgive me for multiple posts in one day.  When I skip 4 days I try to catch up a bit.  Yesterday I was not feeling well.  I had nausea and a slight fever.  The day before I had a very very upset stomach.  And the day before that, Monday, I was getting over the fall [...]

Tags: COMPUTER BLINDNESS, CRAWFISH BREAD, TURTLES

SATURDAY SHOPPING & FOOD DISASTERS

Saturday morning we took off to shop in a town 30 miles away.  Twisted Sister wanted to go to a Fred’s Dollar Store.  They are the only ones that carries the pink balls that Taz tears up plays with. He can go through two a week. We didn’t eat breakfast before we left so we hoped [...]

Tags: DIRT CHEAP, MI CASA, SHOPPING

NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY PT 2

Sorry to take so long.  Work has been absolutely exhausting.  These 11 hours days are not for me.
After we left Finnegan’s Easy we headed back towards Bourbon St.  We were going to a restaurant a local recommended.  He had said the food was great, you got lots of it and it was not expensive.  I [...]

Tags: CAFE BEIGNET, JAZZ, NEW ORLEANS, PARADES, ST LOUIS CATHREDRAL

ACME OYSTER HOUSE

The day, work wise, was not too bad.  The software we use had a glitch that I found.  I find so many glitches that I think they should pay me to find them.  For some reason I have always found glitches in company propriotary software.  The “glitch” drove me nuts because I tried to run [...]

FRUGAL FRIDAY #5

Right now it is so cold here. I know it isn’t as bad as what most of the country is going through but it is THAT bad for me. Tonight will be the third night in a row with the temps at 20 or the high teens. Brrrrrr. This cold weather really makes me want [...]