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Recipe: Sausage Jambalaya

Sausage Jambalaya is without a doubt one of the top comfort foods of my childhood and now my adult life. It’s something my mom made because it was quick, easy, and simple. I enjoy it for those same reasons. It can be a bit of a poor man’s dinner too. Rice, a few spices, and [...]

Happy Easter!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! If you don’t celebrate Easter, happy Sunday to you, and I hope you don’t have to work today! Here’s a few flowers on this pretty Easter morning here in the Southern United States…

Photos: Today’s Walkabout

Today, I played with a new lens: the Nikon VR 70-300mm.  This has about 100mm more zoom than my other one.  It was fun to play around with.  I caught some shots of more birds, as well as a few of Toby.  There will be no shots of Gabby in today’s post.  Toby has complained [...]

Happy Mardi Gras!!

It’s Mardi Gras day down here in my neck of the woods, which for me means I have a holiday from work.  YAY!  Unfortunately, that means no bento to share today.  Today’s itinerary includes going to the gym, stopping by the bead store, and going to a digital photography class with my mom.  Somewhere in [...]

Recipe: Jambalaya

For an updated version of this recipe with pictures, see my Sausage Jambalaya post. Kim suggested I share my mother’s Jamabalaya recipe. So here it is… Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups of rice 2 cups of water 1/2 lb of sausage, chicken, or pork 1 onion, diced 1/2 bell pepper, dice this too 1 teaspoon of [...]

To Market, To Market

shrimp dinner

is where I went today! There are two local farmers’ markets near me. I went to both today. The closest was a bit disappointing since so few vendors attended. Apparently, this was a slow weekend, and many vendors should be back next weekend. I still found some lovely homegrown cucumbers and a beautiful eggplant for [...]