Weekday breakfasts are much more function than form, if you will. Today it was fiber one with non-fat milk, blueberries and blackberries; cold cereal in the summer and oatmeal in the cooler months....

Grilled flank steak in a "bloody mary marinade" courtesy of Sunset Magazine; arugula, blueberry and feta salad; and baking right now for later, plum and port tart. Hubby also whipped up some daquir...

Pardon my ignorance but if its kept refrigerated, won't it keep from going rancid? (Please say yes as I"ve had a bottle of both the walnut and hazelnut in my fridge for almost a year and they pass ...

For my darling Ava, it would have to be "Love".

Funny because I just had a mango and banana smoothie for lunch. But, by far my most favorite recipe is a black bean, brown rice and mango salad-great w/fish tacos.

Fun reading this post and the comments because I too love to grocery shop, be it at the weekly farmer's market on Sundays, Trader Joes or my local Raleys (Nor Cal chain). My husband on the other ha...

Italian sausage, peppers and onions on the grill tonight and for desert, chocolate ice cream courtesy of "The Perfect Scoop" (just got the book last weekend and this is the 3rd recipe I've done). T...

We also use and love the soda club. We were buying so much bottled sparkling water that 2 summers ago we went ahead and bought the soda club "penguin" and haven't purchased another bottle of water ...

We simmer a small amount of vinegar on the stove for lingering odors and then allow it to remain on the stovetop overnight with the heat turned off. For your hands, I just dry rub them on the fauce...

Thanks for the great ideas. I usually just use the arugula in salads so I'm looking forward to trying these suggestions.

For dinner we usually do Italian sausages with peppers and onions on a roll. Its easy to prep in advance and super easy to prepare on the grill. Oh, and we can't forget smores for desert.

cherry pie...we've made two already.

Tonight its trout w/a caper and brown butter sauce, sauteed zucchini and brown rice. Tomorrow it's penne w/pesto and roasted (japanese) eggplant.

Cowgirl Creamery's Signature Mt Tam-absolute heaven.

The catch bowl is awesome-that would eliminate so many messes (ahhh...wishful thinking, I know...).

Rubber tipped tongs.

My rubber tipped tongs.

We have one of these in our fridge right now and use it frequently on spring/summer produce.

Anything that involves kneading and for the same reasons as "thinkingwoman" gave: it's too much of a hassle and rarely do my breads or pie crusts turn out. The no-knead bread from 18 months ago was...

garbanzos!