A Proverbs 31 Kind of Day

When my girl Cherub goes to a party and comes home wanting to cook; we may be in trouble! Honestly!  She comes home from being at a bunco party with my mom and tells me about two different appetizers she had that we just "have" to make! The next day, she gets herself into the pantry and starts looking for the necessary ingredients. Don't you know:  we have them! She sets off telling me what she thinks is in the corn and bean salsa. And we commence to making it. She tastes. We adjust. She tastes. She gives the thumbs up. When my mom arrives, and reveals that the bunco host is going to send the recipes from the game night, my girl cherub says, "We don't need it.  We've got it figured out. It's not that hard!" Well, I can say this about my girl cherub; her taster is pretty on point! That girl can detect flavors better than anybody I know! True story:  We were having one of our favorite crackers and this is our convers...

A waffle iron is a fairly functional kitchen tool. It's often over-looked, and only used on the occasion of making delicious waffles. But when you have the iron out, go ahead and utilize it for other foods! One Saturday morning, recently, I decided to cook the eggs in the waffle iron, rather than mess up another pan. After spending the time to make homemade waffles, I switched gears to make omelets-ish. After all, there really isn't any residue on the grid when making waffles. So I just sprayed the iron again and began to pour! I totally ignored the indicator signal and went by looks to determine when the waffle-lets were done. Now! Where these "just like" making a real omelet? No. But that's ok. It was a breakfast novelty. I'd do it again! Especially with company, because I was able to make 4 servings at a time! That's awesome! I kept the waffle-lets warm in the oven until ready to serve. For the record; I used my Belgi...

Nearly a year ago, we had a friend who took the Mr. and the boy cherub to his favorite BBQ joint in Ft. Worth while we were still living in Texas. It was so good that the Mr. and the boy cherub took the girl cherub and me back! I love it when we get to go someplace new! No doubt, the BBQ was fantastic! But what was also good, and that my boy cherub loved, was the cole slaw. Of course, he asked if I can make it. Well certainly I can . . . try! I'm not normally found of cole slaw with a mayonnaise-based dressing. But this one seemed different. Not so mayonnaise-y. It's been nearly a year since we've eaten at that little BBQ joint in Ft. Worth, but I held to my promise and I made my boy cherub the cole slaw. Sweet Cole Slaw 1 lb. package cole slaw mix 1/2-1 tsp. salt 2/3 cups real mayonnaise 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar 1 TBSP oil 1 TBSP sugar 1 tsp. celery seed 1- 8 oz can pineapple tidbits, well drained 1/2 cup raisins In a small jar, wh...