From the category archives:

I Don't Cook

The BEST Summer Sandwich

August 7, 2009
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Start with organic, sweet cream butter spread on your favorite bread.  Today, mine is potato bread – although I love a dense German rye, too.
Layer on juicy, from the vine tomato slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Top with aged Swiss cheese.

Slice, enjoy open-faced style … and then make another, because this one tasted so good. [...]

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Taste Chocolate. Make Money

July 4, 2009
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Oh. My. God.
The marketeers at Dove are frackin’ brilliant.  They came up with chocolate tasting home parties. That’s right, ladies – forget Tupperware and Pampered Chef cutting boards.  I’m talking chocolate martinis and chocolate covered strawberries!  Hah!  Bet every invite gets RSVP’d.
It is a business that was made for me.  If only I hadn’t blown [...]

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A Broken Chocolate Cake

January 9, 2009
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For Christmas, dear hubby’s lovely boss, Kaye, gifted us with a wonderful bundle of ingredients for a scrumptious chocolate cake. Well, it’s scrumptious when SHE makes it.
Devil’s food mix, chocolate chips AND chocolate pudding — how can I possibly mess this up? Ten dollars worth of ingredients mixed with my cooking skills and viola you [...]

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I Don’t Cook

August 2, 2008

Much to my husband’s chagrin, I don’t cook … very well.  Hey, he shoulda figured that out before he married me.    Oh I’ve tried over the years, and thrown out a dried-out, burnt pot roast or two in my time — such a waste of money (and gas for the oven)!  So, I’ve come [...]

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MOTHER’S DAY 2008

May 12, 2008
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I hope everyone had a very nice Mother’s Day. We kept it simple at home this year — just my mom, brother, husband and I for a dinner of ham and sides with decadent cheesecake for dessert.
I “cooked”. Here are the delicious mash potatoes I made.

Shhhh, it’s a secret. Not really. Truth is I abhor [...]

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