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Category Archives: Creative Homemaking

Riding The Sleeper Train

Imagine being a little kid who walks into your room and finds this: That is what happened to my son, and the look on his face was priceless. “Thomas!” Both my sons love trains, and I don’t think there is a child anywhere that doesn’t consider the name Thomas as synonymous with trains. If you […]

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Delicious Lemony Tilapia Recipe

I love seafood, especially shrimp dishes, salmon, scallops, and calamari. I tend to always favor the same flavor-paced fish over and over, and shied away from tilapia. I recently learned that a single serving of tilapia (a 4 oz fillet) has almost 30g of protein, which is over half of your daily recommended allowance (awesome […]

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The Best Shrimp Scampi Recipe

We just enjoyed shrimp scampi at home, which I made in an open skillet. I discovered ceramic cookware about two years ago when I was looking for a new potto make my awesome chili, and that looks great on my stove top, so when I was looking for a new skillet, I knew ceramic cookware […]

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It’s Getting Hot In New York City

It’s been very hot around here…very hot. We don’t have central AC in our new home…or any air conditioners at all for that matter. With all our fancy bladeless fans going on, all day long, on the highest settings, and all the windows open at night to let the steamy air out and the cooler […]

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