Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday in French and is known in countries other than France and the United States as Carnival. What began as a pagan fertility celebration to ward off evil for the new year became a time of fun and merrymaking before abstaining from meat and making other sacrifices during Lent to honor Jesus’ […]
Author: Elizabeth Grant
Love to write, fence, teach, cook, sing, work, travel, dance, love, and blog!
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Happy Birthday, PattyCake!
In honor of my youngest sister’s birthday today I’m posting the recipe she requested for Coconut Macaroons. Sure cake and ice cream may be traditional, but anything delicious is a celebration, especially when made with love! Coconut Macaroons Makes 8 large macaroonsAdapted from Nigella Lawson’s How to be a Domestic Goddess Preheat oven to 325 […]
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Disclaimer
Let it be known that while I’m trying to include balanced menus, the recipes included in this blog are intended to be for FUN and to taste good according to me and my family, which means that any nutrition will be somewhat coincidental. Although I’m all for organic, low fat, whole grain, etc. that is […]
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Thanks to Mom
The inspiration? My Mom. Some people are cooks by choice and training; some have cooking thrust upon them. My mom fits into the latter category with six kids, fixing three meals a day for 20+ years resulting in over 175,000 meals! My own experience raising four children is that it’s a daunting and often […]
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Dazzled
What no one ever tells you is that we first met Cinderella after she was already married…
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Says Who?
Recently I shared my idea for this book with a published author and her comment with a somewhat negative tone was that it’s a ‘really tough market’. At first my inner critic agreed “You’re right, why even bother writing at all?” But then I thought, When did we become this nation of experts and oracles, […]
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A Confession
I have a confession to make. I ran a 5K. There I said it. July 12 at 8:30AM I ran, approximately 3.1 miles from start to finish. I’m still reeling from the shock, still processing the details. Me? Yes it’s true, no matter how I look at it I can’t escape the fact that I […]
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Whole
A very dear friend just found out that she has skin cancer and will have surgery in two months or whenever the first available appointment opens up. Still in the post pregnancy recovery phase she learned this information shortly after delivering baby number 5. I wondered if she felt overwhelmed by this added complication or […]
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Leaving For Work
Peckish desire craving crumbs…