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Day 2 – Sour Beer Night & Take Out

Day 2 – Sour Beer Night & Take Out

Welcome back for Day 2!!  Read about what I’m doing (and why) here.  Also – if you want to know what the 31 Day Challenge is….please go here. Tonight, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to cook anything.  BECAUSE, it was sour beer night at our favorite […]

Day 1 – Bison Burgers

Day 1 – Bison Burgers

Welcome to Day 1 of the 31 Day Challenge!!  I’m so happy you decided to stick around!  You can read about why I’m doing this CRAZY thing HERE. DAY 1 – Bison Burgers (at home) So…I had this pretty insane idea to have Greg choose our […]

31 Days – An October Writing Challenge!

31 Days – An October Writing Challenge!

Hello!  Hopefully I have some readers left – and hopefully you’ll follow along this month for my 31 Day Challenge. WHAT is the 31 Day Challenge, you ask?  The 31 Day Challenge is a writing challenge every day, for 31 days, in the month of […]

CHOPPED Thursdays – Winner & Scores REVEAL!!

CHOPPED Thursdays – Winner & Scores REVEAL!!

Good morning all!!!  Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!! Today…we recap the basket ingredients, as well as what each Chef Made.

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #8 – MY TURN!!!

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #8 – MY TURN!!!

Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!!! Disclaimer:  We did this “Thursday” edition on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (for obvious reasons). I was this chef this week, and it’s now my SECOND time in the CHOPPED kitchen.  I was insanely nervous…mainly because Greg was buying my basket…oh […]

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #7 – Mel’s Turn

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #7 – Mel’s Turn

Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!!! Disclaimer:  We did this “Thursday” edition on Friday because of random scheduling conflicts…at least the week is correct.  HAHA. Mel was the chef this week, and it’s now her SECOND time in the CHOPPED kitchen.  She was super nervous, because […]

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #6 – Bob’s Turn

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #6 – Bob’s Turn

Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!!! Disclaimer:  We actually did this CHOPPED Round on Tuesday, November 6th.  We had to postpone last week’s round because of Hurricane Sandy (friggin’ b*tch). Bob was the chef this week, and it’s now his SECOND time in the CHOPPED kitchen.  Feeling […]

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #5 – Greg’s Turn

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #5 – Greg’s Turn

Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!!! I realize in my last post about CHOPPED Thursdays, I explained the next lineup.  It was originally supposed to be me, but plans changed, so I got bumped to the last chef in the 4 chef line-up. Greg is the […]

Sunday Funday Ham Dinner

Sunday Funday Ham Dinner

Hello all!!  Hope everyone had a wonderful and beautiful weekend…I had a very productive one…painted the backsplash in my kitchen:   And then joined my parents at their house for a Sunday Funday Ham Dinner!! 🙂  While waiting for the ham to cook, Mom and […]

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #4 – MY TURN!!!

CHOPPED Thursdays Round #4 – MY TURN!!!

Welcome back to CHOPPED Thursdays!!!  I am the chef tonight, and Melanie was in charge of determining the 4 basket ingredients, so when Bob and Mel arrived this evening, I was given Fresh Asparagus (2 bunches), Beef Sirloin Tip (Flat), Fig Spread, and Whole Wheat Udon Noodles. […]