When being invited at someone’s house for an evening of fun, I always offer to bring something. Tonight, it’s an all girls night! Since we will be having finger food (and wine), I offered our Host to prepare my famous cheese ball. The answer was instant…. YESSSS!
The art of entertaining!
My Mom always told me; ”If you are entertaining guests, cook for more than the people you are receiving! Worst thing is leaving your guests hungry”. Every time I am receiving, it’s like my Mom is with me because I always end up making more then expected!
Avocado anyone?
Avocado, the fruit that thinks it’s a vegetable! Why? Well, it is mostly found in sushi, salads & dips which are all mostly made of, well you guessed it, veggies. It’s also not sweet like a fruit, but yet can make one of the best fruit smoothies. Avocado, they are naturally good… and have been my best support in weight loss!
Sunday, also known as prep day!
One thing I learned with the kids growing up was that in order for me to keep my sanity, I needed to be prepared. We all know how it is… every day seems to be the same: Get up, rush to get ready, rush to work, traffic, meetings, meetings, meetings, rush to come home, traffic, prepare evening meal, juggle kids homework, clean-up, bath time, bed time –and not to forget when the kids are involved in extra curricular activity where you need to rush to a practice, game; finally to realize that you had no “Me” time. I’m lucky now because my kids are 18 and 16 so bath time and bed time are on them. However, they still eat… especially my 16 year old son; for those doing the math, yes I was 21 when I had my daughter and 23 when I had my son –some consider this young but I’ll talk about that experience in another post.