by Lori | Dec 31, 2013 | Blog
Every year growing up, my mama would decorate our traditional Christmas tree. It took forever to find the perfect one, but that was nothing in comparison to the care mama took to find her exquisite and pristine Christmas tumbleweed. In our house we always had two...
by Lori | Dec 28, 2013 | Blog
I got a new kitchen power toy for Christmas. I must have been a good girl this year for Santa to have blessed me so much. I can’t even begin to tell you how wonderful my new Breville Sous Chef Food Processor is! This is the Rolls Royce of food processors,...
by Lori | Sep 8, 2013 | Blog
So very sorry to not blog regularly. In fact, almost a year. I have been extending myself too far for certain creativity and expression, I wasn’t physically well. The blog suffered because of that. Regardless, I’m thrilled to be telling you about a...
by Lori | Dec 2, 2012 | Blog, Recipes
My mama was raised in New Mexico where I was born. The food memories I have are so colorful growing up in Clovis, NM and West Texas (Amarillo). The one bright memory is when mama would make enchiladas. We had them on special occasions such as Christmas and when we...
by Lori | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Recipes
I love Thanksgiving. I live for this holiday every year. I plan and research and step out of the traditional Southern Thanksgiving that I was raised with. Thanksgiving usually calls out for the same recipes each year. As a seasoned cook, I am passing on some...
by Lori | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog, Recipes
I don’t seem to be able to find the time to start my food blog, so I’ll take liberty to post a few food posts sprinkled here and there just to satisfy my craving to become the next food blogger. I’ll update this page with the recipes as soon as I...
by Lori | Aug 19, 2012 | Blog
It seems that since my dear mother’s passing, my days are even more full of work for her, than when I was caring for her. Every weekend we pack up and drive to my old childhood home and begin the task of cleaning out and throwing out. Tears of...
by Lori | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog
My daily life here can be described as a comedy of errors, a change of plans and lots of time in the car. We usually start early and sometimes I get breakfast, sometimes I don’t. If we don’t then I try to buy some bananas or something else. If the...
by Lori | Feb 25, 2012 | Blog
You’ll have to pardon my out of order posts. I wrote one yesterday about my first day in Uganda, but the almighty power (electricity) god must have eaten it! So I will start with the 3rd day in Uganda and I’ll go from there and post backdating. So you...
by Lori | Feb 23, 2012 | Blog
I started off this journey connecting in Dallas to Emirates Air. I can’t praise them enough. Everything went perfectly, so efficient and wonderful check in experience. I highly recommend Emirates for any flights where they go. Their entertainment system left me...
