Recipe: Black Bean Burritos

Tweet This year, my eldest daughter is cooking her own meals at college. No more school food for her! She and I have made a deal. I’ll send her recipes if she’ll do some fancy food styling and take some photos. Between the two of us, we should have a...

Chinese Chicken Salad

Tweet If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! It was so hot yesterday, I had to get out of my kitchen. So I fired up the grill and whipped up one of my favorite salads on the deck for dinner. I had some skinless, boneless chicken thighs marinating...

Birthday BarBQ Recipes

Tweet photo credit: Lizbeth*Kin As promised, here are the recipes from yesterday’s BarBQ Honey Mustard Barbecue Sauce This recipe comes from Steven Raichlen’s Barbecue Bible. My hubby has been making it for years as a sauce on the side to accompany his...

No Longer a Teenager

Tweet It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago, I was birthing my first kid into the world. As of today, Miss Melanie Elizabeth Rubin is no longer a teenager. I don’t want to brag, but I must say she’s grown into a strong and healthy young lady who...

In Praise of Purslane

Purslane is one of those super invasive, yet super nutritious weeds we all should get to know a little better. Here’s a simple, delicious recipe for purslane potato salad that I whipped up for dinner.