Holiday greetings from my kitchen to your’s. Today I’m sharing the soup recipe you must make for the holidays. It’s not only pretty to look at in its festive bright green, it is also extremely delicious and healthy at the same time. What more could you ask for? So, what kind of soup is it? It’s Watercress […]
Today on the blog I’m talking about this and that and an invitation to the White House too! So join me and find out what’s happening after orange county.
Dear Friends, With another Thanksgiving right on our heels I thought I’d help to make your Thanksgiving as delicious and as drama-free as possible by giving you my favorite Thanksgiving recipes all in one place, right here! All you have to do is click on the name of the recipe, or on the photo, and it […]
Hello there! When fall rolls around it’s the time of year that we begin to think of the bounty of the harvest and how we can prepare warm, soothing, comfort food. And what could be better than a healthy comfort food recipe? Well, that’s what I’m cooking up today, healthy comfort food. It’s going to […]
Greetings, While at the recent Halloween Book Club meeting I told you about in my last post, several of my girlfriends got to talking about the challenges of being a mother-in-law, particularly as it involved relationships with their daughter’s-in-laws. A couple of them also found that it was challenging to forge a relationship with the […]
I LOVE HALLOWEEN! Every Halloween night I prepare my recipe for Delicious Potato Cheese Soup. But, before I show you how to make this yummy recipe, perfect for a cold fall night, let me show some of my family’s other Halloween traditions. This time of year I like to add a few Halloween decorations to […]
Hello. Today I thought I’d bring you one of my favorite recipes: Spanish Style Chicken Fricassee. Chicken Fricassee is a classic one-pot-wonder of a comfort food recipe, with many variations depending on the country of origin. For example, the French use cream and mushrooms in their Fricassee. My Puerto Rican stepmother adds potatoes and cilantro […]
Aloha! You may have noticed that I have spent a lot of time lately telling you all about my adventures on the island of Bermuda. I think it made me a little sentimental and reminiscent about the years I spent living in Hawaii, where I met my husband Brad. In what seems like another lifetime, […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
