I love how kids change their minds.  Parents - you know exactly what I'm talking about.  Like the 8 different things they tell you they want to be for Halloween, preventing you from getting their costume until 2 days before?  This year's birthday dinner was the same way!

It may seem like I had disappeared for awhile.  Well, I guess I sort of did.

Last year I shared with you my family's tradition of a Non Traditional Christmas Dinner.  It is truly a beloved tradition at Christmastime for us, and one that has grown to include many friends and family.

Know what I just realized?  There's not one turkey recipe on this site.  Shows how much we have turkey in our house!

I sure hope I'm not the only person thinking "Thanksgiving already?".  Last I checked it was June 23rd - where did summer and fall go?

Christmas, you say?  Yes, I begin thinking about Christmas gifts in November.  Hey - I'm not like some of my friends who have all of their Christmas presents purchased and wrapped by July 30th.

Meal Planning for me used to be all or nothing.  I would either take hours on Sunday writing down every single meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), search through our pantry, and then create my grocery list, or I completely wing it come 4pm each night often dashing to the grocery store in hopes the dinner fairy would arrive and tell me what to cook.  Until now.

I HAVE TO HAVE THIS.  Which is weird, because I work from home.  So basically my 'commute' is shuffling in my slippers from my bedroom through my kitchen and living room and into my office (with a bypass at the coffee pot).

It's finally here!  Our annual trip to the apple orchard, where we emerge with pounds and pounds of apples which I then peel, core, slice, and make into numerous different recipes.

My family has been looking forward to this weekend for quite some time now.  We're hosting a mini-family reunion with family from all over the world.  We're all so excited to see everybody!  Me?  It's all about the food.