It’s a sad day in the Kidd household.  My beloved Viking toaster is… well… toast.  I’d like to thank her for a glorious 5 year run, where she lovingly toasted bread and other items, while looking majestic on the counter top with the word “Viking” smiling back at me.  She happened to be my only [...]

Although I sort of blogged this last year, I wanted to repost with some more detail and pictures.  We did this little cookout-of-sorts again this year… as we do every year… for the Superbowl.  Basically, you cook the little hotdogs and little sausages over a flame that is held by a cabbage.  Go ahead, ask [...]

This recipe couldn’t have been simpler, and boy was it ever good.  Sometimes I feel like I look for these complicated recipes, when the simple ones are the ones that get the rave reviews. In this recipe, I used turkey sausage and crumbled it instead of slicing because it was just easier.  I’m also not [...]

Well, I did it again.  I was at a restaurant, ordered something unique, and found myself on a mission to recreate it at home.  My family and I went to our local restaurant called That Little Mexican Cafe.  Not only do they have the best grilled scallop appetizer that even my son loves, but they [...]

How I love fondue.    It started when I was young, my Mom would make it on special occasions.  There’d be the giant bowl of sirloin, and all of the dipping sauces, and a big fondue pot full of peanut oil bubbling away.   When I moved to Chicago, my fiance and I (now husband, of course) [...]

Well it’s the last day of 2010.  I have been awake for the past hour and a half or so, just laying around enjoying the quiet while my husband and son snooze.  I sure have a lot to be thankful for this year. First, I started this blog.  I want to thank all of you [...]

We celebrated Christmas a few weeks early with my parents.  If we tried to cram opening gifts in with everything else on Christmas Day when we visit them, there’d never be enough time.  So, my son spends an eternity opening gifts a bit early from his Grandparents.  My parents spoiled me a bit this year with [...]

I always find it funny when I do something brilliant.  It doesn’ t happen often for me.  For example, yesterday it took me about an hour to realize the foam claw we bought my son at the Blackhawks hockey game only had 3 toes because it was supposed to resemble the foot of a hawk.  [...]

Ah Thanksgiving!  This year we felt so thankful for SO many things.  We spent the holiday surrounded by happy & healthy family members; we found out that we are going to have a bouncing baby GIRL this coming April; and we felt truly blessed for a very happy year.  So, since I love to cook, you’d think that Thanksgiving is [...]

Obviously from the title, my review of the Gel Pro mat is positive.  However, I truly wanted to be unbiased and critical, and give it a true review.  So, after pulling it out of the box on the first day, standing on it, and saying “ohhhhhhhh…..”, I still put it through a few uses before [...]