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Are You Looking for the Mangoes?
If you’ve ever lived through an Indian summer, you know that it’s often hotter than a sizzler doused in hot sauce served in hell’s kitchen. Your head feels like a wet mop that can never be wrung out. You towel off after a shower only to realise it’s a somewhat pointless routine. You have to ...
Move Over, Hunger Games. Let the Grocery Games Begin.
You may recall my online grocery shopping goof up from a few months ago. What?? That life-changing event is not indelibly etched in your memory?
Well, to recap, I accidentally ordered 21 cucumbers online and then solemnly pledged not to let even one wither away, so help me God! I won that battle hands down.
I now bring you ...
How to Redeem Your Grocery Goof-Up
Twenty one cucumbers stare at me from the kitchen counter. One disappears and then there are twenty.
No, this isn’t the start of an obscure nursery rhyme designed to teach kids to count backwards.
It’s just the result of my online grocery shopping gone a wee bit wrong. Yeah, I’m not entirely sure how I ended up ...
Easy Recipe for Chocolate-Hazelnut Pops
I can't wait to share this recipe with you. It's made entertaining a breeze. It's made my days so much sweeter. And, the best part is, it's fairly simple.
Here goes:
Utensils
5-6 Tablespoons
Coffee mug
Ingredients
Nutella - 1 jar
Method:
Open jar of Nutella. Preferably do so out the line of sight of your little peeps. (In fact, you'll find the ...
8 Surprising Reasons I’m Not Skinny
I exercise. I've done Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred at least 30 times. I've not emerged shredded.
Maybe I shouldn't have spread those 30 workouts over, say, 365 days. Really, though, Jillian should be more accurate about this shredding business.
Soon, spring cleaning will edge out my already non-existent workout routine. I'm one of those who gets an endorphin rush ...
What I learned from a cooking class (that has nothing to do with food)
Recently, I signed up for a Thai cooking class hosted at a friend’s house. I needed a break from the routine, not to mention Thai takeout was taking out a sizeable chunk of our budget. So I figured, “Why not?”
Fifteen moms gathered at a friend’s place. More precisely, fifteen white moms being taught Thai cooking by ...
When you’re thankful for a root canal
This morning I got on the scales like I do every morning. And the blessed thing registered that I was two pounds heavier. For once, I didn't swear off chocolate, processed food and every calorie that ever lived for the rest of my life. I was just happy to be doing something routine.
The last few days have been boderline ...
Mommy Marketing 101
"What's for dinner tonight?"
"Rice and chicken curry."
"Ooohhh nooo."
The sighs, pouts and slumped shoulders that accompany said conversation are Oscar worthy.
Drama comes a leetle too easy to some folk these days - especially when they're under four feet tall and their chief concerns in life revolve around ... nothing.
It seems that the more I labor over meals, the ...
5 Kitchen Hacks That Are Guaranteed…
...to not blow your mind, but are eminently do-able.
Yeah, I fall for those internet baits too - the "8 Ways to Blah, Blah," the "You'll Never Guess What Happens Next..." ploy, or anything with the word "hack" in it.
But you'll use at least one of my 4.5 tricks more often than the cutting-a-watermelon YouTube hack that has a bazillion views. You ...
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