What's for Dinner [Kale Caesar Salad]

I'm sorry that I'm back with another kale recipe, but I'm telling y'all....I'm. obsessed.  And I had to pick all of our kale before the snow we got overnight, but I'm not complaining.  At least this one is different than yesterday's though.  Have you tried the kale Caesar salad from Panera?  Delicious...and the inspiration for this meal.  The Parmesan crisps add a little different twist and are so much yummier than the standard croutons.  I used my Silpat liners and they couldn't have been easier.

Pan-Fried Kale

This hardly qualifies as a recipe, but I can assure you that it has become an all out obsession in our little hive.  I started making this last year with kale from our local farmers' market and loved it so much that I decided our garden needed tons some this year.  We've been so lucky with warm weather that thus far that it's still going strong....as is the obsession.

A Fresh Face

Usually about this time of year I'm trying to convince Hubby to paint something, to tear down a wall (I determined to tear down that sucker in the kitchen...), or make some other major change to the house.  I don't know if it's the cold weather (and therefore spending more time indoors) or the new beginnings with the new year or, most likely, a combination of the two.  But it's pretty much a guarantee that come the end of January I have major ants in the pants.  Needless to say, as I explained the other day, Hubby isn't really ready for something like that this year, nor am I really....so instead this little blog experienced some major changes.  And I'm thrilled with the results.  It's much more "me".

Friday Five [2016!!]

Happy Friday!!  I hope y'all have had a great start to the new year!  Getting right down to it...here's this week's (the first of 2016!) Friday Five.

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I explained my long absence and my words for 2016 earlier this week.  To say I'm looking forward to a new year would be an understatement.  However, I must also say how beyond grateful I am.....

 

Local Love [Just Pop In]

Way back at the beginning of November I told y'all about my love of Indy and Revival Food Co.  Well I'm back again today to share a little more local love and the yummiest popcorn you've ever had. The darling sisters opened Just Pop In in 2003 and now have shops throughout Indy, although I'm partial to the Broad Ripple location.

On My Bookshelf: The Last Anniversary

I'm back again with yet another Liane Moriarty book.  Although this isn't my favorite of her books, I always enjoy them.  (See other books here, here, and here....told ya I like her!)  Just like her other works, The Last Anniversary has it's own little twist.

2016

I've started this post several times, and quite honestly I just don't really know what to say.  On the one hand, the end of 2015 is one I would like to forget.  But on the other, and more importantly, I'm more grateful than words could ever really express.