Ever since Mr. Wonderful and I got married, we have faithfully stuck by one thing… Date Night! Any Tuesday (or whatever night we are free), when we are footloose and kid-free, we spend on each other. I highly recommend this practice to all couples, seasoned or youthful. You need to spend time as a couple just delighting in…
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Continue ReadingChocolate. Raspberries. Two of my favorite things in the world. We had some friends over for Pad Thai the other night and my daughter Tori made this for dessert.
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Continue ReadingHey all, did you know that it’s one week until Valentine’s Day? And what would Valentine’s Day be without chocolate?
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Continue ReadingHappy Sweetheart’s Day! I hope you all felt love today. I hope you all had chocolate. If you didn’t, here is a little virtual chocolate fondue with long stem strawberries. Melt some chocolate in a fondue pot (milk chocolate). But some long stem strawberries (Sam’s $6). Per Mr. W’s genius idea, roll in crushed peanuts.…
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Continue ReadingThese is evil, pure evil. I apologize in advance for this recipe. When the girls and I were making Crab Rangoon Flatbread Pizza the other day, we had some leftover fresh wontons to deal with and something triggered in my memory about seeing someone cook these. It might have been Giada De Laurentiis but I can’t…
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Continue ReadingDear Mr. Wonderful, I could buy you a card, but that’s so…someone else’s words. And hey, it costs $6.00 nowadays to buy someone else’s words. So I’ll just put some of my own words down for you to read. Thank you for being my Valentine. Thank you for surprising me with roses and candy at…
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Continue ReadingMr. Wonderful and I rarely go out to eat on Valentine’s Day. We find it not romantic to go fight the crowds, the parking lots and eat with a bunch of other people around. This year he made reservations at Paseo Grill, however, and this place is really cool as each table is surrounded…
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Continue ReadingI know what Jan felt like on the Brady Bunch. Martha. Martha, Martha, MARTHA! Except I’m not talking about Marsha, I’m talking about Martha “let’s make everything difficult” Stewart! I have her cookie cookbook and let me tell you, the cookies recipes have very detailed recipes and guess what? So does the cupcake book. But,…