Chocolate Chiffon Cake w/ Chocolate Frosting

Below is a recipe for a chiffon chocolate cake I baked for my co-worker’s birthday last week….5:00 in the morning at that and all from scratch!  I got this recipe from another blogger’s website who lives in Germany, named Beng.  I had to give myself a pat on the back because the cake came out quite [...]

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The last “thing” I made for Nanay . . .

On that first (and eventually the last, 8/26/05…the hubs and my 16th wedding anniversary) Saturday that Nanay was home under hospice care, I was in the room with her to keep her company.  She was awake (I would glance her way here and there and she would give me that gentle smile of hers) when I was watching [...]

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Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup

(From Sara’s Secrets on the Food Network)

5 3/4 cup chicken broth
1 pound skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
4 medium carrots, cut diagonally into 1/3-inch thick slices
2 celery ribs, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch thick slices
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Bring the broth to [...]

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Go Oski!

Raider Fans infiltrate CalBears Huddle…my two buddies Mama ‘Doms & Bril

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