Have yourself a merry little Christmas Et je vous souhaite un Joyeux Petit Noël Let your heart be light Laissez votre coeur s’éclairer From now on your troubles will be out of sight Dorénavant vos ennuis seront hors de la vue Have yourself a merry little Christmas Et je vous souhaite un Joyeux Petit Noël Make the Yuletide gay Rendez cette… Read More
I’ve been focusing on staying sane this season – not going overboard by spending too much, doing too much, eating too much. You know. If you read my Boundary post, you’ll also know that I’m working on keeping my own boundaries intact, and this effort gets stretched during the holiday season. (If you didn’t, it’s here, and there’s a free… Read More
I saw calamari at the grocery store and suddenly needed to have fried calamari without delay(!) … of the gluten-free variety, of course. I soaked a pound of thawed calamari in milk (enough to cover it) – plus the juice of 1/2 lemon – to tenderise the rings. Then I made a simplified marinara sauce by puréeing a cup of my… Read More
Pecan sandies are also called pecan butter balls and Mexican wedding cakes, and making a gluten-free version of the traditional recipe is a breeze. More on that in just a sec. Before we get down to business, I wanted to share a post I wrote for BonBonBreak on the theme of giving. The post is called Paris Now and it… Read More
There is a refrain in my head that comes from Psalm 16: “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.” I remember these words time and again because boundaries are not easy for me. I struggle against them. I kick at them. I forget them. I trample over them. There are periods in life where this weakness is more evident than others,… Read More
Tiramisu hot chocolate tastes a bit like hot, chocolatey eggnog – which either has you closing your browser and running for the hills, or reading on in salivatory anticipation. I got the idea for the recipe from the Van Houten cocoa box and made a few tweaks to fit my idea of what a proper tiramisu hot chocolate should taste like. Not… Read More
