Adventures with Edna

Needed some good ole’ comfort food.  You know, the kind where you throw it all in one dish and you have your meal?  All you have to do is add a salad, if you want, and you are done!  The criteria for what I was needing for the day was quick, easy, cheese and butter.  [...]

There are times when nothing is better than a really good slammin’ sandwich.  I get so busy planning activities and play dates for Edna that I forget about just eating a simple sandwich.  Sir Struesel was out of town and I had some bell peppers that weren’t going to last much longer.  I spend way [...]

Ballerina Baby has been home this week and brought three beautiful ballerinas with her.  They have had beautiful weather to enjoy some great days at the beach.  Edna prepared this chicken for them one evening along with roasted veggies.  You know my rule, if it can be grown, it can be roasted.  The secret of [...]

You have to make this icing.  I don’t care what else you do in the next few days, but you absolutely must make time to prepare this icing.  Odds are, you already have the ingredients.  So no excuses.  I made this for Sir Struesel and he informed me that hands down, this was his favorite.  [...]

Ballerina Baby is coming home!!!!  She will be home for a week.  She will be 19 years old and is bringing three beautiful ballerinas with her!  I am so excited.  She hasn’t been home since Christmas.  So much planning and cooking to do. Edna has to take good care of her baby so when she [...]

By my own choice, around 25 years ago I stopped eating red meat.  I am a chicken, pork, and seafood gal.  Being a girl that lives in Florida, I have access to the best seafood available.  I am constantly searching for new ways to prepare chicken, pig and all things from the sea.  I forget [...]

I was helping my blessing recover from his surgery and began to desperately crave something “sweet”.  Normally, when I get that feeling,  it is for chocolate.  I looked for my treat that I am in need of so badly, and discover that there is  no chocolate in the house.  Well let me tell you, pigs [...]