I love when my granddaughter comes over and we start pulling ingredients out of the cupboard and refrigerator not always having a plan. The other day Alexandra and I made delicious bruschetta! Bruschetta is an Italian appetizer that is a mixture of tomatoes, seasoning, olive oil and red wine or balsamic vinegar. It’s easy to make and great for a quick snack or even for a party because you can whip up a small or large batch. This is our recipe for our quick snack, you can double, triple or
Do you ever need a quick dinner and not sure what or how to prepare it? I’m sharing three of my 30 minute meals and besides being quick to make, they are easy and delicious. Steak and Potatoes This meal started with about a pound package of boneless NY strip steak, I cut it in thin slices and pan fried the steak in olive oil with a sliced onion. While that was cooking I microwaved 4 golden potatoes for 2 minutes (just to precook them) and then cut in cubes.
Today’s suggested blog topic is where would you like to travel, whether it be International or in our own country. I wrote a previous blog a few years ago about traveling to the Great Smokey Mountains in North Carolina. It’s a perfect get-away! http://themarthareview.com/where-would-you-like-to-travel/ But this blog will be a different location. I’m not sure if it even exists but when we are children we make up imaginary friends and places. This is where I would like to travel but is there such a place? I wrote a blog yesterday
Today is the last Saturday for the October Ultimate Blog Challenge. The suggested topic is to share an opinion about a current event or even a heated topic. My blog topic is sorta on the same topic, it’s sharing an opinion but on a different subject. This is a shared writing with my granddaughter who writes under Alex’s Articles and myself about a Mixed Blessing. There are many people with mixed nationalities in fact I think the majority of us have a variety of them. My dad was mainly French
Can you believe it is already October 25th, only two months until Christmas! If you add 2+5, you got 7. The suggested blog topic today is about 7 ideas. So I figured what better of a time to share 7 of my cardboard box projects! I love thinking outside the box and that’s exactly what I did with these projects. 1- Computer Stand Storage After I put my computer stand together (made from a keyboard stand) I realized I needed some storage. I had added a shelf but wanted something