Giving away 5 of these! I’m super excited about the success of my new Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook (over 100 recipes that each require less than 20 minutes hands-on prep time!) and I want you to be excited too. So I’m giving more copies away! Since the beginning of a new year is such a good time to ...
Wanna Try a Crazy Recipe?
My own Cheese-Broccoli Chowder It’s been a blast hearing from the fine folks who’ve tried the stress-free recipes in my Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook since its release in November. Thanks so much for your terrific feedback and kind words – I read each and every comment and am very, very thankful that you ...
No Substitutes
Last Christmas as I prepared to host a dinner party, I was in a quandary about what to serve for dessert. I settled on a low-calorie pie recipe that looked super scrumptious in the magazine photo. All the regular cheesecake ingredients had been replaced with fat-free, sugar-free substitutes, topped with fat-free whipped topping and drizzled ...
Holiday Stress-Saving Tips from YOU
Many thanks to all who entered my recent Cookbook contest; today I’d like to share with you some of the terrific cooking decom-stressing tips submitted by the fine folks who entered the drawing. If yours isn’t included, please forgive me. Wish I could include them all, but I didn’t have enough pages. Once again, congrats ...
Contest Winners Announced!
I’m happy, happy, happy to announce that the winner of the Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE, including some of my favorite kitchen stress-reducers, an autographed copy of the Cookbook, and a $25 VISA gift card is … Pamela Black! Congrats, Pamela!!! And the three winners of autographed copies of the award-winning ...
Stress-Busting Your Holy-days Tip #6
Hey there, BBFF! I’m assuming you made it to this sixth and final tip in my Decom-stress Your Christmas series by reading the previous five posts (if not, there’s no time like the present!). I hope you’ve enjoyed them, and maybe, just maybe, you’ve found something helpful. If so, I’d love to hear from you! ...
Stress-Busting Your Holy-days Tip #5
So glad you’re here! This is the fifth of six tips to help decom-stress your Christmas season. I’d love to hear from you if you’ve had a chance to implement some of the other suggestions (scroll back to see the first four). Stress Buster #5: Make it a Holy-day, not just a holiday.Marinate in peace. ...
Stress-Busting Your Holy-days Tip #4
Welcome to #4 of a series of six tips for decom-stressing your Christmas season. This one you definitely should take personally, girlfriend! Stress-Buster #4: Take time for YOUPrevent BOOP (Boiling Oatmeal Overflow Phenomenon). I postulate that women are like little pots of oatmeal. At the beginning of the day, we simmer … little manageable bubbles ...
Stress-Busting Your Holy-days Tip #3
Crispy Chicken Salad Alrighty then – are you ready for the the third of six terrific tips to help decom-stress your Christmas season? (Scroll back for the previous two.) Stress-Buster #3: Come and Get it! (Food Prep)Look Ahead. Investing ten minutes of preplanning saves barrels of time … and craziness. Make a menu plan and shop ...
Stress-Busting Your Holy-days, Tip #2
Deb’s Famous Chicken Salad Hey there BBFF (Best Blog Friend Forever)! Got some great tips here to help you decom-stress your crazy-busy life during this hectic Christmas season. Scroll back for Stress-Buster #1. And without further ado, here’s the second of a series of 6 forged-in-the-fire tips I think you’re gonna find bodaciously invaluable. Please ...
