Recipe first, chit chat later. Riesling Peach Jam 3 1/2 cups prepared peaches (peeled and finely chopped)1/2 cup Riesling wine1/2 a squeezed orange1 teaspoon vanilla1/4 teaspoon cinnamon2 tablespoons lemon juice1 [...]

Recipe first, blather second. (I don't know how to do those fancy schmancy recipe layouts so bear with me.)   Cranberry Orange Baked Oatmeal Cups 2 tablespoons melted butter (I [...]

Anyone who knows me (or has visited this blog before) knows I am not a cook. I can bake up a storm and make anything with sugar, I'm just not [...]

I know I'm supposed to working on the whole 30 days of truth thing (and I'm gonna get back to that - quit nagging!) but Keen, somewhere, stumbled on the [...]

Keen is hovering around 70 pounds of weight lost!  He's officially "stopped" dieting but he's totally addicted to working out now so I don't think the teeny tiny additional amount [...]

This is really dumb but I never remember how to boil eggs.  As in, I never remember the proper cooking time.  Or technique.  I mean besides putting them in water.  But it's [...]

Another update in our diet blog by proxy - Keen has reached 199.5 lbs!  He is quite psyched (and I'm quite proud).  He's been waiting to break the 200 pound [...]

"Every day you don't blog makes it easier to put it off one day more."  That should be a Chinese proverb or something.  Except (obviously) updated for today's modern world.  [...]

Our microwave has gone insane.  The thing will not turn off.  Well, technically what it does is turn itself on when you open the door; the fan goes on, the [...]