Good morning, all! And happy birthday to me -- or, more precisely, to Mashup Mom. Today marks eight years into this mad mashup experiment, so thanks for coming along for the ride. Thanks especially to those of you who have stuck around during the recent changes as I settle in to a new path in the New Year, …
Whether it's the season or the news or the swell of negativity on Facebook, a couple of you have mentioned that you're looking for easy reads and escapist literature lately. I'm right there with you, guys, and one of my favorite light escapist genres is cozy mystery. What's a cozy? Well, there is always a murder involved …
Here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 1/29/17: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday! Hope you find it useful. *** Subscribe to the weekly ALDI meal plans here! Note: I try not to repeat the same recipe here more often than once a month, but …
The inspiration for this Copycat Lou Malnati's Giardiniera-Topped Hummus with Pizza Dough Chips recipe comes from Trish, who really enjoyed this appetizer she had there recently & told me all about it. I figured, how hard could it be to make giardiniera hummus, right? Then when I picked up some half price giardiniera at Whole …
Who else stopped by the moving sale at the Wheaton Whole Foods today? They're moving into the old Danada Dominick's tomorrow, which should give them some desperately needed room -- but today the old location was selling off the rest of its inventory at 50% off. My friend Trish and I stopped over to check things …
Since I've started doing weekly book reviews here, a few of you have asked: Where do you find the time to read? This isn't a new question -- I heard it all the time when I worked as a librarian, and often hear from my friends that they can't find the time to read any more. Here's …