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WCW – Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Supper

Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Supper

While I was at the dentist’s office waiting for my appointment, I found this recipe for a chicken sausage sheet pan supper in a magazine. It looked good, so I tried it. I was right. It was good. And easy.

Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Supper

Ingredients:
1 small red onion, sliced in inch rounds
8 cooked chicken sausages
10 oz brussels sprouts, halved or quartered if large
2 medium Fuji apples, cored and cut into wedges
S&P
3 T olive oil
2 T syrupy Balsamic vineg...

Don’t Make Resolutions, Set Goals

Time for my annual New Year’s post about Resolutions versus Goals. I gave up making resolutions a long time ago, because they don’t work. Here’s why:
Time for my annual New Year’s post. I gave up making resolutions a long time ago, because they don’t work. Here’s why:

With a new year come new beginnings. Fresh starts. We all enter it filled with hope and promises to make it better than the last one.

And, usually, by the end of January, all those good intentions have gone by the wayside. I gav...

Do You Want to Join my Early Reader Team?

I’m looking for some readers who like to review books for my new Early Reader Team. In a nutshell, team members get a download of the book before it’s released. In return, they’re asked to write and post a review.

Sound interesting? More details, and how to apply are here.

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What’s Cooking Wednesday – Hoppin’ John for New Year’s Day

When we first moved to the south, I read about a New Year’s Day traditional dish, Hoppin John. My kids call it Johns Hopkins. There are probably countless variations, but the idea was to serve something with lots of little bits, to represent lots of wealth in the coming year. Here’s some more information.

We’re in Colorado now, but the tradition continues. I don’t think I’ve ever made it exactly the same way twice, but it’s kind of hard to mess up. You just need to pay attention to how long i...

Our Family Christmas Tradition

Once again, I’m sharing our family’s Christmas tradition

 

 

It’s Christmas Day, and it’s time for my annual “what do we do on Christmas?” post.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

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Vocabulary and POV – Answers to Monday’s Post

On Monday, I said I might give definitions of those 20 “Word of the Day” words. Did anyone doubt that I would? Here they are. And I even connected them to the words they define!

 

pandiculation: An instinctive stretching, as on awakening or while yawning2. flaneur: One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

3. pervicacious: Refusing to change one’s ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn;
obstinate.

4. fungible: (Law) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kin...

What’s Cooking Wednesday – Lemony Sugar Cookies

This recipe for Lemony Sugar Cookies appeared in my blog back in March of 2012. It’s a traditional sugar cookie recipe, but the lemon extract adds a tasty twist. This is one of several recipes that appears in Saving Scott.

  Lemony Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
2 1/2 c flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 c sugar
3/4 c butter, softened
2 eggs
1 t lemon extract

Instructions:
Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, mix sugar, butter, eggs, and lemon extract until creamy. Stir i...

Vocabulary and Point of View

Vocabulary and POV

I’m continuing my holiday break with repeats of posts from years ago. This one first ran in January, 2009, under the title “Fun With Words.”

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I subscribe to Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day**, and each day I get a new word in my email. Sometimes they’re everyday words. Sometimes they’re words I know but don’t use often, and they’ll trigger a “Good word, I should remember to use it once in a while.” Sometimes I haven’t heard of them, but I can figure them out (those year...

Just For Fun

With everyone, myself included, busy with the holiday season, I’m repeating older blog posts. This one’s just for fun, posted way back in 2007 when the Hubster and I were in South Africa. The drink coasters at the Protea Hotel in Sea Point, a suburb of Cape Town weren’t your run-of-the-mill ads for the hotel or some libation. Instead, they brought a smile.

 

Doesn’t “expecting the unexpected” make the unexpected expected?

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

Thre...

What’s Cooking Wednesday – Potato Latkes

Since it’s Hanukkah, what better recipe for today than traditional potato latkes (pancakes).

Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the war-destroyed temple. To purify the oil necessary to relight the menorah would take eight days. A flask of oil was found in the rubble, but only enough to burn for one day. Miraculously, it burned for the eight days they needed. (For a whole lot more information, you can go here.) So, foods fried in oil are eaten to commemorate the miracle. Which goes right...