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I have tried to choose items from menus that would fit into a healthy lifestyle. Mostly I have failed miserably. Here are some things I have eaten – So needless to say, this has not been going easily. At least … Continue reading →

Sometimes you need a little celebration. In my book, a celebration is an occasion for some great food. To celebrate the end of a lovely week with Jonathan, we stopped overnight in Las Vegas and ate at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon. … Continue reading →

I am on vacation and will begin posting again starting on March 20, 2012. I will definitely have to come up with some interesting and creative new dishes to get off the vacation eating jag and back on the sane … Continue reading →

On Friday we were in full throttle eat down. We are leaving for Indian Wells on Sunday to attend the BNP Paribas Open. That’s tennis for the uninitiated. No doubt there will be a lot of challenges in the coming … Continue reading →

The pork tenderloin dinner is kind of a replay of a usual chicken Monday. Since we had the exotic curried chicken on Monday, a straight-forward dinner seemed the right choice for Tuesday. John roasted the pork tenderloin in the oven … Continue reading →

Last week was a hard, hard week from a losing weight perspective. We went out to dinner on Wednesday. We had friends over for drinks and hors d’oeuvres on Friday. And we took Sarah up to Napa Valley for a … Continue reading →

Last night we went out to dinner. Dining out is a rare occurrence around here. It is just too difficult to eat correctly when dining out. So back to the straight and narrow today. Unusually, though, we had beef. We … Continue reading →

Jonathan, Nathan and Sam came over on Friday night for a sleepover. Ryan was celebrating the end of her current employment regime with her friends. Of course we needed to have what everyone loves for dinner. As soon as Nathan … Continue reading →

I would love to say that I ate perfectly at my sister’s Super Bowl party. But I didn’t. It’s Monday now and I think I can manage today without recriminations. Just got to get back on the diet train. There … Continue reading →

Date Night dinner! And what says love better than scallops. John knows that scallops are my favorite seafood – probably my favorite protein. For Mother’s Day one year, Jonathan made a dish of butter braised leeks, mashed potatoes, scallops and … Continue reading →