When we first toured the Dupont house, my initial impression of the kitchen was that it was small. It’s a u-shaped kitchen, with nearly all the usable counter space on only one side. Nonetheless, when we presented our contractor with our list of renovations, the kitchen was not on the list. There were a couple of reasons…
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Kitchen Organization – 5 Ways to be More Efficient
In honor of the new year, and all things related to simply living life a teensy bit better, I wanted to share with you the 5 things I do to help me with kitchen organization. Let me start with a point of reference…. two points actually: the details of my life, and the reason why…
Beef ~n~ Bowtie Soup
At this time of the year, at the height of the holiday season, soups, stews and chilis start to appear on my meal plans in a big way! I occasionally make this recipe for Beef ~n~ Bowtie Soup in the spring and summer months. But during the fall and winter months, when hearty and flavorful…
Mediterranean Chicken Salad for Easter
Today I have a recipe for a Mediterranean salad for Easter that includes chicken. Like most salads, this one is quite easy to put together. The only real work involved is dicing vegetables and cooking the chicken. So let’s address the chicken first. The chicken can be cooked any number of ways. The original recipe…
How to Organize and Store Containers
It started out innocently enough. At 6:00 am on a Sunday morning, Sailor and I were sitting at our kitchen table, drinking coffee. Our son was on his way over with his friend to pick up their boat. They will often park their boat at our house the night before they are going fishing since…
