2021-04-22 00:27
I have been a mother for 20 years now, and from the onset of this journey I have been on the search to figure out how to make my children eat their vegetables AND ENJOY THEM.
I’ve h… Read More
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It's just me. Food. And a housefull of crazies.
2021-03-15 16:06
Society Garlic!
100% yes, and it will THRIVE.
Characteristics and History.
This Jack of All Trades Plant is noted by the University of Florida as native to the rocky grasslands of S… Read More
2021-03-02 17:42
OMG! DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE A SMOOTHIE AT 6 AM AND THEN PUT IT IN A STAINLESS STEEL THERMOS AND IT WILL STAY FROZEN UNTIL YOU EAT IT AT NOON???
DID YOU???? DO YOU????
YES, I KN… Read More
2021-03-02 16:29
You know why this is called California, right?
Because it’s gorgeous, it has the hippest veg ever (AVOCADO), and it’s so UBER healthy, yet totally delicious, that my Cali girl… Read More
2021-02-26 16:40
For the first time in the history of FOREVER, the Woo children have told me. .. . . . I gave them too much to eat for lunch.
THEY WERE STUFFED.
A feat none too easy to accomplish… Read More
2021-02-23 02:44
I confess. This smoothie doesn’t take 5 minutes to make. I only wrote 5 minutes because it sounded catchier, plus I don’t think people search Google for Smoothies that take 53 se… Read More
2021-02-22 14:33
Unfortunately, I first saw this beauty in Clear Lake, TX. . .not Paris, France like I’m sure your assuming.
And while Clear Lake is no Paris, it is also called Space City and we hav… Read More
2021-02-13 16:48
The first time I had Teriyaki chicken, I was 9 or 10 years old and living in Hawaii. My family hadn’t been living on the island long, and we had been trying out all the new tastes and… Read More
2021-02-10 19:33
Are you ever so hungry that you feel as if you can’t eat?
I mean, of course you CAN eat, but you’re exhausted with hunger and it might be JUST TOO much to open your mouth and… Read More
2021-02-08 16:06
I am not opposed to a long simmering meal. In fact, I long for it often, with the wafting smells of garlic and onions perfuming the air, while a faint crackle of bubbling chicken skin can b… Read More
2021-02-05 18:56
I feel as if there is a CLEAR and IMMENSE power in being the person who provides lunchtime sustenance to those around you.
For a while, I was hesitant to take on this role. Early hours… Read More
2021-02-05 17:18
On the way to school this morning, after serving my child this beautifully crumbly and lightly sweet pastry, we had a conversation about how much she hates the school she’s going to… Read More
2021-02-03 19:05
Look, it’s been a bit of week for me when it comes to parenting. I keep looking around and wondering, when is the freaking adult going to get here and sort things out? Who in the worl… Read More
2021-01-29 18:35
We are going into the week like PA-DOW!
Like, Easy Like Sunday Morning. . .
but Yummy Like Saturday Night.
Only it’s Monday Morning, and I’m not complaining that I&rsqu&helli…Read More
2021-01-28 15:14
My eldest daughter returned to college this week.
She sent me this text.
Later in the day, I was talking to her on the phone and I said, “That salad you made looked so good!&rdq&helli…Read More
2021-01-27 18:08
Have you ever heard of the restaurant Cheddar’s? It one of my favorite places to eat for a multitude of reasons.
Servings are big. Prices are small. The food is homestyle and comfo… Read More
2021-01-25 18:53
Don’t shake your head at me.I know I have included three recipes here, and it hardly seems that three recipes is something that you would even consider making at 5 am in the morning w… Read More
2021-01-23 21:16
QUESADILLA.
THE ULTIMATE FOOD.
You know it is.
Eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
For Snack.
It’s a COMPLETE meal in a pocket.
You can literally put it in yo… Read More
2021-01-23 16:05
Don’t you just hate it when a well meaning friend comes up to you and says “Oh. I plan out my lunches the week before. I prep EVERYTHING on Sundays, including dinners, and break… Read More
2021-01-20 23:50
Such a simple thing.
A loaded baked potato. A warm, nourishing, meal in a naturally packed container! The world loves them, it’s a wonder why we don’t eat them warm for lunc… Read More
2021-01-12 19:46
Have you ever been sitting on your couch, drool encrusted on the side of your face as it rests on a pillow that is wedged between your neck and shoulder . . . as you sit comatose binging Ne… Read More
2021-01-11 18:10
I’ve been telling myself FOREVER, that I was going to try a little experiment. . .to make a smoothie, put it in a stainless steal thermos, sit it out on my counter for 6 hours. . .the… Read More
2021-01-09 13:53
To me, this is the perfect salad to start out the new year.I love a good salad, but I can get into a mixed green rut. Putting ranch dressing on everything and adding all the usuals. . .boil… Read More
2021-01-08 17:58
Happy New Year!
I’m running into the New Year like a squirrel trying to get a nut! I’ve got a lot of things to do and I want to do them NOW.
Exercise. . .um, tomorrow?… Read More
2021-01-05 06:14
It’s National “Eat a million vegetables so you feel healthy” Week.
2021 is here and I’m about to shove a whole lot of vegetables down my family’s throat to… Read More
2020-12-16 06:01
I love me some coffee, but it does weird things to me.
It peps me up, but also, it can make my stomach hurt. And the caffeine, my body doesn’t really care for, and it can even give… Read More
2020-12-15 01:50
This week. . .I cut my dogs nails and then they bled like Mt. Saint Helens erupting for the first time.I yelled at my husband for being sick.And. . .I told my family I didn’t know wha… Read More
2020-12-13 18:25
I’m sending out an S.O.S.
I’m losing it people.
I’m eating whatever I find in the cracks of the couches, but don’t worry, my children are still eating well… Read More
2020-12-12 04:09
The baby (my 11 year old) is cleaning up this week. First BBQ Chicken French Bread Pizza, and now this.
Everything that I make, is with her in mind. She appreciates my lunches so much, a… Read More
2020-12-12 01:54
I’d like to PROUDLY PRONOUNCE that I’m not as rotten of a person as I was earlier this week when I was making the Lemon Honey Syrup.
I have pulled myself up by the bootstraps… Read More
2020-12-06 12:48
Good Day Everyone!
Well, I must say, it has been a doozy of a week for us here in the Woo household. Covid-19 has hit our little town with a bang! And not in a good way.
My kids still… Read More
2020-12-05 08:01
First of all that’s not a Margherita pizza pictured there. I know. I know.
This happens to me a lot.
I forgot to take a picture of the actual pizza I’m talking about. An… Read More
2020-12-04 14:02
I love how a messy life can end up in a gloriously comforting Eggy Splendora.
I love how no matter how crazy WE are (because I know you’re crazy too), how much WE yell and get OUR… Read More
2020-11-15 21:31
I’ve been waffling back and forth on whether or not I should tell you to make this sandwich.
It’s like my first boyfriend type of wondering if I should tell you or not. Like… Read More
2020-11-15 15:12
Sometimes you just wake up in the morning and you know your kids need lunches made and you have absolutely no idea of what you will feed them.
But you find yourself with a butt load of p… Read More
2020-11-05 17:17
Some things are just IT for me, and quiche is one of those things.
I reminds me of my mom cooking for me on cold blistery days.
It makes me feel loved, special and fancy all in o… Read More
2020-10-22 16:43
I have two warring voices in my head right now.
One is screaming, “Just SHUT UP and tell them about the Salmon Patties, it doesn’t matter, nobody cares how you feel, they jus… Read More
2020-02-02 15:41
FACT.
I lurv Almondmilk.
Almond-Coconut Blend to be exact.
Also Fact.
I lurv just plain old almondmilk and plain old coconutmilk and plain old cow milk too. Along with pickled p… Read More
2019-08-07 20:15
(if you’d like to see when I was deliriously happy and moving Shelbi into her dorm, click below.
(If you’d like to hear about my current state of NOT happy. . .READ below… Read More
2019-08-07 17:35
I stepped on the scale this morning and I weighed 183 glorious pounds.
“Not bad,” I told myself as I stepped off the glass scale and wiped the panicked beads of sweat from… Read More
2019-03-22 07:30
6:43 am:
Roll over. Feet out of the bed, feel around for slippers on the floor. Glasses on face. Walk over to bedroom door, pull open. One foot in front of the other, walk to living room. B… Read More
2019-03-09 23:51
“Excuse me, you’re going to what?” I said, slightly stunned with tears welling up in my eyes.
“I’M. GOING. TO. MOW. THE. LAWN. THEN LEAVE THE GRASS CLIPPINGS… Read More
2019-03-04 11:00
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
My mom recently decided she was going to throw caution to the wind, pack up her bags and go on a trip to Europe.
In all my realities (and there are many) my… Read More
2019-02-22 00:55
I need a mad face emoji, stat.
That’s a sad face.
I’m definitely feeling MAD. As in FIERY. FUMING. FIERCELY FEROCIOUS.
Let me see if I can google an emoji like that… Read More
2019-01-25 18:06
Forgive me while I gush a bit.
And give myself a firm lashing.
My 12 year old has been begging to make dinner for the last week. “Mommy, can I please make a Keto Dinner Tonight?&rdquo&helli…Read More
2018-06-13 10:23
This is the THIRD time I’ve written this post.
I’m going to spare you the gory details, but the first couple of times were a bit boring and depressing.
Something about being fat… Read More
2018-06-06 22:02
6:11 am.
Kitchen. Me with hair, slightly wild, completely afro, oddly amazing. Eyes tired, holey t-shirt with pajama shorts on. Mild chaos of crumbs strewn about the floor making a no… Read More
2018-02-27 16:44
Oh yesterday.
I’m so glad you’ve gone away.
With pissed off feelings
and angry eyes
20 second sighs
and lies after lies.
Oh yesterday,
thank you for going home,
to that far off… Read More
2018-02-19 06:03
It’s four months later, and we are still dealing with the aftermath of our GREAT FLOOD of 2017.
Our 800 year flood, Harvey.
Many of our friends have homes that took on over 2 feet of… Read More
2018-02-12 11:30
It’s been awhile. To say the least.
Almost 35 months to the DAY, that I haven’t typed a single word to you my friends. I’ve missed you terribly, and have thought of… Read More
2015-03-12 00:26
I feel a little guilty.
Everytime I go anywhere, EVERYBODY feels so sorry for me.
Oh Poor You! That knee of yours must hurt so bad!
Meniscus? ACL Tear? Geez! Those are the worst!
And I say… Read More
2015-03-07 02:25
Before I get into anything at all, I do realize that an apology is in order.
I’m sorry.
I’m so very sorry that I just flat-out dropped off the face of the earth, like Batman in… Read More
2014-11-12 22:23
There isn’t much to say except . . .this is really good.
Like so good, that I’m not even afraid to tell you, I must be a pretty amazing cook.
I told my friend I was making this… Read More
2014-11-12 09:37
I’m running in a slight tizzy today.
The weather has turned colder (highs in mid 50’s. . .brrrrrrr) and I’m super charged to clean my house and get it nice and cozy for t… Read More
2014-10-31 14:31
For the love of all things creepy, somebody remind me to get a backbone. And to divvy out responsibilities. And to take control of things that are fully in my control. And to be happy, beca… Read More
2014-10-30 18:11
Ok people. It’s do or die time.
And I think I’m dying.
Only 1 day left until Halloween and I’m just now thinking about my children and their costumes.
Oops.
“Mommy!… Read More
2014-10-27 19:41
Enslaved Crazy Person chained to a wooden crate at the Friendswood HS Drama Club's Haunted House. I know your pain, buddy.
WINNER ANNOUNCED BELOW
——————… Read More
2014-10-27 19:41
Enslaved Crazy Person chained to a wooden crate at the Friendswood HS Drama Club's Haunted House. I know your pain, buddy.
WINNER ANNOUNCED BELOW
——————… Read More
2014-10-16 19:29
Him: So what are you gonna do?
Me: I’m gonna make a bat mobile.
Him: A bat MOW-BEAL?
Me: No. A bat MOW-BULL? BAT-MOBILL, MO-BLEUX?
Him: Oh. For a minute there I thought we were going… Read More
2014-10-14 16:08
[WINNER ANNOUNCED BELOW]
Sunday, I was walking Phoebe (5) and Soledad (8) from the car to the softball field.
It was a little wet, and a little muddy, but the ground was sturdy and the wind… Read More
2014-10-12 16:23
When I lived in Dallas, I used to make these curtains every Halloween. We have a covered front porch that had an oval entrance. I hung these curtains right behind the archway, and when the… Read More
2014-10-12 16:23
When I lived in Dallas, I used to make these curtains every Halloween. We have a covered front porch that had an oval entrance. I hung these curtains right behind the archway, and when the… Read More
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