slide show

Where Jeff lived in High School (Scandia House) Jeff and his friend, Kyle Jeff and his brother, Mike Mike and Jeff for intermission… Gracie does a few shadow animals for us. This week for date night, Gracie put on a little slide show for us. We were so excited when we came across a slide…

breakfast donburi

~ breakfast donburi ~ Donburi is a Japanese rice bowl served with any variety of stir fried vegetables and meat, fish or eggs on top. For my breakfast donburi, I made steamed Jasmine rice, stir fried mushrooms, onions, yellow and green sweet bell pepper and carrots in olive oil until tender. During the last minute…

wine tasting notes ~ fetzer gewurztraminer

We enjoyed this delicious, floral, fruity wine with our Thanksgiving dinner this year. It was the perfect accompaniment! ~ Wine Maker’s Notes  ~ The wine is a deep golden straw color, with a nose of dried apricot, spicy peach, with a touch of rose petal and honeysuckle. The crisp green apple, honeyed apricot and peach…

holiday stroll and a quiet day at home

This evening we walked downtown to enjoy the annual Red Wing Holiday Stroll. We watched the lighting ceremony, ate s’mores, had wine and coffee at Sarah’s, went to the mural parking lot for live music and a warm fire and saw Santa and Mrs. Claus drive by on a fire truck at the parade. We…

sweet potato casserole

~ sweet potato casserole ~ The perfect side dish with turkey, ham or  THIS pork tenderloin. The yummy spices will make your whole house smell heavenly as you prepare for your guests. I love this kind of aromatherapy! 5 large sweet potatoes 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup 1 large egg 1 and 1/4 teaspoons…