Marina Del Rey Real Estate

Not trying to bore you with another dinner post but why not? It is more fun than writing about Real Estate Drama:)As you know Wayne Martin  inspired me to do some squid in pasta meals, well tonight was another one. This one was a Broccoli / Lemon/ Shrimp Farfalle recipe.1. Argentinian shrimp bake...

After making every day a Gourmet meal thought it was time for an easy but still tasty meal. The ingredients were simple check it out and see if you can list them.The process was easy too one container and a little olive oil, little chicken stock and some shredded parmesan cheese, aluminum foil an...

Wordless Wednesdays: looking back at Easter Dinner.... I enjoyed this Easter, no company, no visitors, no stress, casual dinner every night from Friday until Sunday. Nothing special Atlantic Lobster Tails, baked with asparagus and mashed potatoes. Never the less it was delicious. Wishing you a sa...

Diane wanted to see the poppies, almost every time we go, our destination is the Poppy Preserve in Lancaster. This year Diane wanted to go to Chino Hills instead. I was all for it since I checked, and the Lancaster Poppie Preserve was nowhere near full bloom.Look at the contrast we were in 82-deg...

"... Don't be a slave to recipes, to weights and measures, but let your convictions, and above all, love guide you...." Picolo Segreti a quote from Sophia Lorren's cookbook that truly resonates with me all the time.This meal was inspired by Wayne Martin  quiz that mentioned Squid Ink pasta and th...

This post was inspired by an Active Rain challenge:  What was my first home buying experience like? Thank you Kathy Streib  and Carol Williams  for inspiring me to go down memory lane.As always, a bit of background! After finishing high school, I moved away to college and then joined the military...

Diane told me she did not want to have something that was too heavy or filling. So, with that said I decided to do something simple and easy to eat. Two out of the three ingredients were very simple to do. Now the third ingredient was a bit labor intensive.Well look at the picture, what do we hav...

Well as promised my first meal from the cook book:  Pasta Modern with my variation. Their recipe was called "Fragula con arselle" the teeny tiny pasta with clams.Well, the only substitution to the recipe was instead of using Fragula Pasta from Sicily I had M'hamsa Couscous not as big and not as m...

I have said this before, and I will say it again.:"...The unexamined life is not worth living..." Socrates (in case you are not familiar with the name, a philosopher said this 5 centuries before Christ was born.)"...If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action. I ...

 As I was looking for a special pasta recipe for a future meal, I was researching my cookbooks.  I found these two cookbooks in my library. Needless to say, there are so many other recipes I discovered, that will need to add to my list to make.  Shall we say especially in these two cookbooks. Alt...