Today I’m getting a little sentimental because my son Taylor is about to graduate from college. I simply can’t believe it has been 4 years since I threw him a party for his high school graduation. It has taken me 4 years to accomplish this but I am finally making Taylor a photo album of […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I have been meaning to share this really, really delicious recipe with you for some time now. It’s my original recipe for The World’s Best Chicken Enchiladas. So, what better day than today, Cinco de Mayo, to make this awesome recipe! I can imagine that to some folks, making homemade enchiladas might […]
CAN WE TALK? When I started this blog, I told myself that After Orange County was going to be a positive place in the blogosphere. I have run across blogs written by whiny, complainy types and vowed that my blog would never become an outlet for negativity. After all, nobody likes negativity. But hey, I […]
Happy Throwback Thursday! All this week I’ve been sharing recipes for the dishes I prepared for a Birthday Dinner Party I hosted recently. I prepared a delicious Rum Cake for the birthday cake. This is a cake that was very popular back in the day. I won’t say how far “back-in-the-day” or I’ll be giving away my […]
I recently hosted a birthday dinner party for my girlfriend and wrote about it in this post. With the arrival of spring, I planned my menu to include iconic spring-like dishes: Lima Bean Dip with Garlic & Feta Cheese Creamy Asparagus Soup Ribbon Salad & Rum Cake for Dessert Today I will be sharing my […]
Greetings! This week I’ve been sharing recipes from a recent Birthday Dinner Party I hosted for my friend Cindy. So far I’ve shared my recipe for Lima Bean Dip with Garlic & Feta Cheese and my recipe for Creamy Asparagus Soup. Today I’m posting a recipe for the Ribbon Salad I served that night. It’s made […]
Hello! Lately I’ve been sharing with you recipes from a Birthday Dinner Party I hosted recently. Today I have a tutorial for the Creamy Asparagus Soup I served that night. I call it “Creamy” Asparagus Soup as opposed to “Creamed” Asparagus Soup because this soup recipe is mostly fresh asparagus that tastes very “Creamy” but […]
This delicious Lima Bean Dip with Garlic and Feta Cheese is a perfect starter for a Spring dinner party. I prepared it recently when I had a birthday dinner party for a girlfriend. This dip also has a lovely fresh hint of lemon. Serve it with a crudite of garden fresh veggies and you have a […]
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