I know I shouldn't use bottle dressing, but its SO EASY!! Thus, making a salad with wonderful Dirty Girl tomatoes and cucumbers from Monterey Market in Berkeley I thought, "Hell no!" I grabbed Alice Water's, The Art of Simple Food II and started looking. Of course my Meyer lemon tree didn't have any lemons ripe enough yet,… Continue reading Lemon Meyer Dressing
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SOUTHERN FRIED CORN
SOUTHERN FRIED CORN Serves 4-6 6 ears fresh corn ½ cup milk ½ cup water 1 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons bacon drippings Salt and Pepper Remove corn husks, breaking off steams. Remove silks with a stiff vegetable brush and ears in cold water. To cut kernels from cob, hold corn in a large shallow bowl… Continue reading SOUTHERN FRIED CORN
POTATO SALAD
SIMPLE POTATO SALAD 2 ½ Pounds red or yellow potatoes cut into quarters ¼ large red onion, chopped fine ¼ bunch cilantro, chopped 1 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon pepper Boil the potatoes until tender and allow to cool before mixing. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and toss until potatoes are well… Continue reading POTATO SALAD
No Curtains or Blinds
What is up with neighbors with no curtains or blinds? I don't get it. Are we supposed to look at them? How can one not? No one has curtains anymore. Why? I don't get it. We are on a busy street. Do you really want a stranger looking into your home? Do you care? How… Continue reading No Curtains or Blinds
BANANA NUT BREAD
Damn Good!
IF I was firing up the grill on 4th of July…
Grilled Chicken Marinade https://addapinch.com/best-grilled-chicken-marinade-recipe/ Ingredients: 1/2 cup olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 cloves garlic chopped 3 tablespoons chopped onion 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 1/2 cups beer Directions Pour olive oil into a 2-cup liquid measuring cup.… Continue reading IF I was firing up the grill on 4th of July…
Recipes to try
Please find the links of great recipes I've found this week through email subscriptions or websites. I've been laid up with a bad sprain so had some time to use wisely! I haven’t made anything yet, but when I do, will let you know how everything turns out. SLOW COOKER SPANISH MEAT BALLS- Martha Stewart newsletter. I… Continue reading Recipes to try
I was blocked!
I was on Instagram doing a spring-cleaning recently. Unfollowing people, organizations, etc., that I wasn’t paying a heck of a lot of attention to any of them. All that extra “chatter” was making me miss out on the people and places I cared about. In a hurry, I had accidentally deleted a work buddy and… Continue reading I was blocked!
SB 1069, AB2299 & AB2406 in California
I haven’t been doing much lately. Somehow I twisted my foot and damn near 2 weeks I couldn’t walk on it. Not sure what it was/is, but will find out soon. In the meantime, I’ve been rather down and out. I’m so angry and mad over the laws Governor Brown signed at the beginning of… Continue reading SB 1069, AB2299 & AB2406 in California
Time
Been watching 911, the new series on FOX. Angela Basset who plays a woman cop says to Peter Krause, a fireman in the series, “People from the outside don’t understand what we go through everyday. They have no idea.” AMEN! That’s how I felt when I worked for 15 years at the hospital. Time was… Continue reading Time
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