There is a need to tell you my failures.  Why?  Heaven only knows.  Could it be akin to confession – which is said to be good for the soul?  Sometimes I have such high hopes for a recipe, and then there is disappointment.  This was the case of a recipe that was on the back […]

I read a version of this recipe – Mango Cucumber Salad – on Mennonite Girls Can Cook’s blog this week and could not wait to try it.  Mainly I wanted to make it because Ever-Lovin’ likes mangos, and I was trying to impress him on Father’s Day.  He declared this salad “good stuff” – which […]

This is basically Pioneer Woman’s recipe.  Blessed be her name.  How can I properly express my deep appreciation?  Honestly, this is a life changing recipe. For years I felt like a pico de gallo failure.  I had stopped trying.  Why waste perfectly good tortillia chips?  Bland tomatoes were not working for me.  I gave up […]

This blog is brought to you on the recommendation of Ever-Lovin’. While traveling to the ends of the earth doing errands yesterday (Remember the leopard print lunch bag with hot pink trim.), out of the blue says he, “If you haven’t planned your blog for today, you could blog about the Avocado and Mango Salsa […]