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The package of Steamed Lentils is one of my favorite Trader Joe’s products!! (See this for a complete list of the TJ projects I adore)! I never gave them a second look while I was shopping (I wasn’t even sure what I would do with them if I bought them!) until I got my Cooking [...]
Last week my son turned three years old and we celebrated his birthday with a small dinosaur-themed BBQ at home. “A Dino-Mite 3rd Birthday Party!” For each of my children, I try to make their birthdays extra special by throwing them a unique party. They get to choose the theme and then I get to have all [...]
Fresh Brothers Pizza day is here! If you order lunch or dinner (dine-in or take-out), Fresh Brothers will donate 20% of your total bill to the Susan G. Komen LA County 5K Run/Walk in Team Pier to Peer’s Name! Haven’t tried Fresh Brothers yet? It’s been voted LA’s best pizza three years in a row! [...]
Cancer sucks. However, the older I get, the more I am forced to deal with it. My uncle is fighting lung cancer, believe it or not, for the third time. My friend’s daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia when she was only 18 months old. Another dear friend of mine was recently diagnosed with her second bout of [...]
Watching the Academy Awards has always been a tradition in my family. I remember watching the awards with my mom when I was little…I loved watching the dresses on the red carpet and seeing the clips of the movies nominated for Best Picture. At that time I would wait anxiously to see which film would [...]
Time seems to be the one thing most people feel cheated on. For many of us in our busy lives, whether its spending all day with your children, a busy work schedule or whatever, cooking dinner at the end of the day can be, oh so dreaded. This is precisely why I LOVE more than anything in [...]
What if you couldn’t buy one new article of clothing, pair of shoes or accessory FOR ONE YEAR? Could you do it? Or would seeing a cute new pair of boots or a gorgeous leather bag be too much to bear? Local blogger Catherine Fishback has taken on this vow and has created her own [...]
A picture says a thousand words. Bliss. Intimacy. Respect. Adoration. Silliness. Peace. There are few things that are more precious than a picture that captures the energy emanating from parents admiring their sleeping newborn baby, two people completely in love, or two siblings laughing together on the beach. Moments like these we want to remember [...]
Every time my mom comes to visit, I try to pull out my most delicious recipes and cook her an unforgettable meal. Since my step-dad is a vegetarian, I like to treat her to some of her favorite carnivorous cuisine. I found this recipe originally in my Taste of Home: Healthy Cooking magazine (January 2012) [...]
