Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Feb 9, 2012, 5:41 pm
Have you ever been in your local Target or Wal-Mart or some other discount store and stumbled across one of those "As Seen on TV" products?  I've seen them tons of times, and on occasion I give in to the urge and buy the product... sometimes with great results... and others, well... they get packag...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Feb 6, 2012, 9:49 pm
I've been spending a fair amount of my evening "downtime" on Pinterest lately.  At first, I didn't get it... as many people I've talked to have also said at first.  Once you start pinning things you like and following other people, it's fun to see what else you can find.  To kind of justify my p...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 30, 2012, 10:16 pm
I've been thinking about making a change around here... not a big one, but one you may notice if you check the header up above.  It's official, my little blog is now a ".com" address!  I decided to change the name a bit for many reasons, but I kinda like that it's a shorter name to remember and i...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 27, 2012, 8:41 pm
I have read tons of books on various types of diets and how to lose weight.  When I initially received an email asking if I'd like more information on the Carb Lovers Diet Cookbook, I did hesitate because I just didn't know if I need to add to my already huge collection of cookbooks and diets. Â...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 25, 2012, 9:27 pm
I never would have thought I'd be a morning person.  And, I am still not a jump-out-of-bed-with-a-smile-on-my-face morning person.  But, I have noticed in the few weeks I've been getting up super early to hit the treadmill with a vengence, that I am now waking up before my alarm goes off.  Somet...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 22, 2012, 3:31 pm
I'm a pretty lucky woman because My Husband not only enjoys looking for new recipes for us to try, but also enjoys cooking up some really good food for us, too!  Last week, he found a few recipes for soup that sounded good.  Since I had to take the boys out to do a few things, he went to the groce...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 18, 2012, 6:30 am
Eat. Live. Be. Reboot. day is here again.  This week though is already a much different story than last week was... you know the one where I was so stuffy and miserable I couldn't get a single workout in last week.  This week, I am going to be celebrating each little success because I found this c...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 15, 2012, 5:48 pm
There are times when I get something in my head that I want to make and I keep thinking about it until I actually make it.  This was one of those times. When we went to Las Vegas in 2010 with our friends and ate dinner at Fleur de Lys, my friend ordered the most amazing wine braised short ribs ever...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 12, 2012, 8:35 pm
After my last Eat. Live. Be. post, I was feeling pretty good about how things were going.  Then, Saturday arrived and I had a ridiculously early hair appointment which caused me to skip the AM workout.  I went along my merry way, doing a few errands and finding some time to do some reading.  But,...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 8, 2012, 6:00 pm
The giveaway has closed.  The winner is.... Moonsword who writes the blog Moonswords Chamber!  Please contact me as soon as you can with your mailing information so that we can get your Sun-Bird Seasonings and gift card prize pack sent out to you!  pkfamilyfriendsandfood (at) gmail (dot) com ~~~~...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 6, 2012, 10:21 pm
It's been pretty chilly outside the last week or so, and I guess I should just accept it because it IS January and we do live in New Jersey where winter does come every year.  Of course, the forecasters say it's going to hit 50 tomorrow, so I'll take it and won't complain too loudly when the next c...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 4, 2012, 9:37 pm
This has been a very good week.  Yes, it has... I filled up our fridge with tons of produce when I went food shopping and I've managed to make a ton of healthy choices when hunger would strike. I found this on Pinterest when I was searching for some motivating healthy quotes to keep on my healthy l...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jan 3, 2012, 9:22 pm
Well, we are 2 days into 2012 and hopefully, everyone is off to a great New Year!  We had a really nice weekend with family and friends... and of course, food!   I hope to share many more recipes in the coming year, and will likely add some different kinds of reviews as well.  Now that I have r...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Dec 29, 2011, 4:51 pm
Once all the celebrating is done on New Year's Eve, everyone will head off to bed to get some sleep.  The next morning, breakfast can sometimes be a situation of scrounge for whatever you can find and go for it.  That's all going to change once you see what I made today! These sweet little ramekin...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Dec 28, 2011, 8:13 pm
Don't forget to enter the fabulous giveaway that Grumpy's Honeybunch is hosting!  Check out my Brie Bites post for more information on how you could win! Nothing like getting past one holiday feast only to look forward to another weekend of indulging, right?  New Year's is coming and it's likely t...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Dec 27, 2011, 1:00 pm
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a dear blogging friend who was gearing up for her 4 year blogging anniversary.  She asked a number of her on-line blogging friends to join her in this celebration because over the years we have gotten to know each other on-line and become friends.  Shelby,...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 26, 2011, 5:00 am
Cool Sunday afternoons are simply made for slow cooked meals, don't you agree?  The weather is getting a bit cooler here lately and our schedule is starting to get a little bit lighter, so now I'm hoping to have some time each weekend to spend at home making some comfort food.  In my last post, wh...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 24, 2011, 5:00 am
A couple weeks ago, I took an Italian Boot Camp cooking class with a friend.  A seriously fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!  We were taken through the steps of roasting in different ways to prepare a full blown Italian meal.  What a meal it was!  I came away from the class with recipes to mak...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 23, 2011, 8:36 pm
Sorry for the delay!  The winner of the Sun-Bird Seasonings $50 Gift Card Giveaway is.... Want to know the rest of the story?
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 17, 2011, 8:00 am
It's time for the next group to reveal what they made for the Secret Recipe Club!  If you haven't heard about it before now... well, everyone who participates gets assigned another blog to go searching for a recipe to make and write a post about on reveal day.  You can't tell that blogger that you...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 14, 2011, 5:00 am
Has getting back into the back-to-school routine thrown off your dinner plans?  Perhaps you are running from one activity to the next?  I know my weeks have been flying by between soccer and Fall baseball and a few other things thrown in... and, let's not forget homework and practicing trumpet or ...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 12, 2011, 5:00 am
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays!  The spooky and silly decorations are so much fun!  The last two years, we threw a big party for our boys and their friends.  Unfortunately, due to some work we needed to do in the basement we couldn't commit to the party this year.  From what I understa...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 10, 2011, 5:00 am
As I mentioned in my last post, we had the pleasure of spending a Sunday afternoon sampling some fabulous food and wine at the NYC Wine and Food Festival.  This was courtesy of ShopRite and the Potluck blog. Here are some photos that highlight some of the tasty offerings we enjoyed: This line of v...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Oct 5, 2011, 5:00 am
This merry-go-round called life has been going a bit faster lately.  I am not going to apologize for not blogging more often and not cooking anything terribly interesting... because, well... we all have things that happen and make it hard to do the things we most want to do to unwind. Thankfully, ...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Sep 30, 2011, 5:00 am
Wow, life has certainly been busy since we got back from our fabulous vacation in August!  I can't believe I haven't had time to share some of the fabulous food we enjoyed while we were away... but, now I'm going to begin getting caught up! The first leg of our trip was to Phoenix, where we were v...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Sep 19, 2011, 8:00 am
It's time for my 2nd month of participating with the Secret Recipe Club!  If you haven't seen the posts before, it's a group where everyone is assigned a blog to secretly search through the archives and find a recipe to prepare and share on a designated date.  I'm finding so many fabulous blogs ev...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Sep 13, 2011, 9:51 pm
School finally started here last week.  I've barely had a moment to catch my breath since soccer and fall baseball has also started!  We've got practices, games, homework and a million other things going on these days. I don't know about you, but I'm already looking back to our recent summer vacat...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Sep 7, 2011, 5:00 am
Today, I'm joining in on Wordless Wednesday to share some of the sights I captured with my camera while we were visiting in Kansas City.  There is plenty more to say, but I'm just going to let you enjoy the sights of the city where I grew up and go back to visit family and friends. Want to know th...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Sep 5, 2011, 7:48 pm
We got back last week from what I've been calling our "around the country" vacation.  We flew from New Jersey to Phoenix for several days to visit family.  From there we flew to Kansas City (Missiouri) to see some friends before driving to Branson and Eureka Springs to spend more time with family....
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 31, 2011, 5:00 am
Every summer friends of ours have a barbeque down in South Jersey.  Usually, they don't ask me to bring anything, but this time I wanted to contribute something and they said ok.  Dessert was requested, which is one of my favorite things to share when invited somewhere. Since I didn't have time th...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 29, 2011, 5:00 am
I adore homemade ice cream! I am loving my New Air ice cream maker and so is my family!  This time, My Youngest chose the flavor and vanilla was the winner.  When I suggested adding chocolate chips to it, he was all over that idea.  I decided it was finally time to pull out my copy of Dorie Gre...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 26, 2011, 5:00 am
On a recent rainy Sunday, we did something different.  We went out to eat at a restaurant.... not a fast food place where we could grab something and go, but rather a place to sit and enjoy a casual meal. My Husband had been to Rattlesnake Ranch Cafe recently with friends from work for lunch.  As ...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 24, 2011, 5:00 am
One of our favorite things to order when we go out to eat is onion rings... we love the when they come in a tower at Red Robin.... or in a pile with BBQ sauce at Applebee's.  My Husband and I usually get one or two and the boys devour the rest. We really love the crunchy coating, it's so hard to r...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 22, 2011, 5:00 am
The countdown to the start of school is nearly upon us... I know much of the rest of the country has already returned to school.  I can't believe that we are almost to the end of August... where did June and July go? So many things I wanted to do, perhaps I should have made up a bucket list like Ca...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 19, 2011, 5:00 am
It's not often that I am in NYC on my own, but a couple weeks ago I went into the city for a full day training class for work.  I was thrilled that they didn't bring in lunch because it meant that I could go outside and take a walk in the beautiful weather and get some fresh air. Of course, it als...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 17, 2011, 5:00 am
Summer is zooming by at lightening speed and I'm really not quite ready for it to come to an end.  This is my time of year, I love the longer days... the lack of weekday schedules... the relaxed way we can spend time together at the beach or the pool, or wherever... oh, and the sunshine and warmth!...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 15, 2011, 7:00 am
I'm so excited to be posting as part of the Secret Recipe Club today!  In case you have somehow have missed what the Secret Recipe Club is all about, here's a quick review... a whole list of bloggers sign up to secretly scour each other blogs for a recipe to make and share on an assigned date.  It...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 12, 2011, 9:00 am
Earlier this week, I noticed some unusual posts on Twitter and Facebook by a blogging friend, Jennifer Perillo (In Jennie's Kitchen).  The posts seemed out of place with what she typically shares and after the reality of what she was sharing came to me, my heart broke for her. You see, Jennie's hu...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 11, 2011, 5:00 am
I get these ideas on my head every once in awhile about what I want to make for dinner.  Like last week, I had picked up some pizza dough from the grocery store and thought it would be fun to make grilled pizza.  It was something fun to do on a summer evening and it would be a simple dinner. I eve...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 8, 2011, 10:06 pm
When you take a road trip, you have a lot of time to talk.  When I was talking to Cate during our recent trip to Boston I mentioned that I was oh-so-very-close to buying an ice cream maker.  She mentioned that she had one that was sent to her for review and hadn't had the time to give it a try yet...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Aug 1, 2011, 10:33 pm
When we head down to the shore, we go a little farther than many of our Northern NJ friends.  Our favorite beach is Island Beach State Park.  For just $10 per carload, you have beautiful beaches and it's typically filled with lots of other families.  None of those Jersey Shore crazies there!  It...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 28, 2011, 10:20 pm
Some days I have ideas that I want to try when it comes to making dinner.  Sometimes they work out as planned, other times I have to improvise a bit to make it work. Tonight was one of those nights.  I had this vision of slicing up potatoes and grilling them with some olive oil and a bit of salt t...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 26, 2011, 10:11 pm
Last weekend, I went on a quick trip to Boston with a couple of other fabulous food bloggers - Cate (Sweetnicks) and Joanne (Eats Well With Others).  This mini-adventure created many new memories with my new friends and LOTS of laughs along the way.  If you haven't checked out their blogs before, ...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 20, 2011, 9:39 pm
I am really enjoying the fresh vegetables that are so readily available right now.  I want to eek out every bit of goodness from the summer produce that I can before the season ends... as it will, much too soon!  Even with the heatwave we are having, I'm still partial to summer and everything that...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 14, 2011, 5:37 pm
When summer comes, I always look forward to life slowing down a bit.  The kids don't have homework (other than some workbooks I have them do to keep their brains from going "mushy"), no sports practices or games ... just day camp and spending time doing things we enjoy. For some reason, I don't fee...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 12, 2011, 9:54 pm
It's no secret that I have a sweet tooth.  Just look at all of the cookies, cakes, muffins and desserts I've made over the last few years.  With the warmer weather and just being busy doing other things I haven't been baking as much as I'd like (or as much as My Boys would like). Recently, I bough...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jul 5, 2011, 10:13 pm
Sometimes it's the simplest things that can give you enjoyment.  Spending a day on the beach, going crabbing, watching fireworks.  All of these things are part of summer and are simple pleasures. Our 4th of July weekend was filled with all of these simple pleasures.  We also enjoyed several mea...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 pm
Like many other busy families we keep a supply of frozen foods in the freezer for those nights when getting dinner on the table needs to be no fuss.  One of those frozen "desperation" meals has been a box of taquitos that we bought at Cotsco. They are ok, but never really crisp up the way they shou...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jun 20, 2011, 10:01 pm
GIVEAWAY HAS CLOSED!  WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED VIA EMAIL. If you are on a healthy eating/living kick, you might be trying to get in more servings of vegetables.  While I tend to shy away from drinking my calories, there is a new product that is not heavy on the calories and will get in 2 servings...
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Patsy K. posted an article on Family, Friends and Food - Jun 16, 2011, 9:41 pm
Do you have a food memory that keeps haunting you?  You know something that you had as a kid that was so good that you kept talking about it for ... I don't know... something like 20 years or so?  Well, My Husband has been talking about these Baked Clams his mom made him when he was much younger f...
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