This has been a long time coming but due to a recent push by my doctor, I have decided that I am finally taking the leap and putting myself and my health first. I’m not saying that I am ridiculously, but I am out of shape, have gotten a little too comfortable, and my food choices haven’t been the best. So I’m taking a stand and for the 46 days of Lent, I plan to really give it my all. What is that old saying…. you have to try something at least 10 times before saying you don’t like it. Well I’m quadrupling that! I know there will be great…

I have heard so many great things about Fuzzy’s breakfast and I love that they update their Facebook page the day before with the specials for the next day. I asked my friend Tiffany to come with me to brunch one Sunday morning a few weeks back and we are so glad we went. As I figured, the parking lot was crowded and so was the inside. There was a waiting list for a table, but some nice folks already waiting informed us about two seats at the bar if we didn’t mind eating there. We took them up on the offer and took the seats. We were instantly greeted…

The condo that I purchased is a little under 30 years old and of course that means over time, certain things need to be cleaned or replaced. Though there have been many updates throughout and that was why I bought the place, there are some things in need of repair. The furnace is still the original but kicking away just fine (knock on wood). But the drier venting was another story. After a week here, the drier vents that were duct taped together fell apart. Because the drier is electric and it’s been such a cold dry winter, I allowed the drier to just vent in the basement and I…

So many people have told me to go check out Pat’s Rib Place in Waukesha and I just never got around to it. Luckily, I have foodie friends in Waukesha that like to check out places too, so I finally checked it out and was crazy impressed with the place. Pat’s Rib Place is across from the (now closed) K-Mart in the blue strip mall (between East and Big Bend Road) on Sunset. It’s located in a former Subway location, as Subway moved down the strip mall into part of the former Dollar Discount I used to work at. Oh those were the days!  The other part of the dollar…

I got a craving for French Toast after having cinnamon bread French toast at Fuzzy’s a few weekends ago. But I decided to do it up right and stuff it with cream cheese and jam and knowing that would be so sweet, I decided to attempt to make a savory nutty syrup.  I had a cocktail sourdough loaf in my freezer and thawed it out.  For the egg mixture, I used two eggs, 1 Tbsp of milk and a dash of cinnamon and vanilla.  I put enough cream cheese on the square to just to cover the bread. Gobbing it on will cause a mess in your pan when you…

http://www.olympic.org/ I love the Olympics — summer and winter equally. The talent is like none other and I’m cheering on United States with all I can. The opening ceremonies were beautiful and I just adored the ballet section. I used to dance pointe, and Russia does it like no other. In honor of the Olympics being held in Russia, I wanted to make a traditional Russian meal. And I was further inspired by a blog readers Olympic rings cookies! However, just like Sochi, my meal was a partial fail.  I attempted Pelmenis which are Russian meat dumplings. The meat came together well and my little food processor handled it like…

Since moving into my condo, I decided to not get cable as I feel I don’t need to spend my entire weekly evenings glued to the television. Sure there are a few shows that I am bummed I won’t be able to see the first week they air unless watching it live (Revenge, Grey’s). And I will miss my AMC, but I am not opposed to catching up by purchasing those shows (Walking Dead, Mad Men). Anyways, I do have Netflix streaming and am very curious about RedBox’s offerings. And the Waukesha Library has a ton of series, but I just have to get better at returning them on time…

Winter in Wisconsin – cold, damp, cold, snowy, windy, cold — have I said cold? We are now naming weather systems and not just storms – Polar Vortex is being thrown around for this system that we are stuck in that keeps us below zero so many days. So what does that mean in this foodie’s world???? SOUP! I had a chunk of Swiss cheese that I wanted to make something with instead of just devouring with crackers (which I did with the previous chunk!). I found this recipe doing a quick search on Pinterest. I didn’t have all the ingredients it called for but I’m great at improvising.  I…

First let’s start with this beautiful sunset I captured a week ago! I had to take the picture from my car as it was 2 degrees outside (seriously) but it was worth the extra drive to get this shot. I’m definitely printing this to hang up in my place.    And now the real reason you wanted to read this blog post 🙂 Freshman year of high school I met Kathy in Mr. Staude’s math class at Mukwonago High School (class of 2000 baby!). It was a super boring class but I’m glad that I had it with her because we became really great friends. We dated best friends in…

I call this soup my “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” dish. I follow a very basic recipe from Food Network to get the base going (probably could have figured it out on my own but I was lazy) and then jazz it up with lots of healthy veggies. This recipe yield just a few servings, so I doubled it (and maybe a little more). Get the onion sauteing in the butter and it’s smooth sailing from there. I should have fine-tuned knife skills by now, but I’m still sloppy. No cut fingers (knock on wood) but I am just not coordinated to go fast with a knife for dicing. I…