Gail Gillette » Foods/Recipes

Jelly Beans

Gail — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:17:57 +0000

The stores are full of Easter candy, even though Easter is 2 weeks away. My favorite Easter candy has always been the jelly beans. You might be able to buy jelly beans throughout the year, but it never seems appropriate to buy them except at Easter. Weird, I know.

Green Beer

Gail — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:15:13 +0000

Tonight we are getting together after work for green beer and Irish music!

Chocolate Lovers Unite!

Gail — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:57:34 +0000

Happy Valentines Day!

Bananas

Gail — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:53:29 +0000

For months I won’t even look at bananas in the grocery store. I just don’t have a habit of eating bananas. But every once in while I get a craving for them. I don’t know why. Maybe my body is missing some of the vitamins and minerals that come in a banana. Like today, I bought a bunch of 3 ripe, medium sized bananas and couldn’t even wait to get home to bite into one. Tomorrow I will cut up one and put in on top of my Rice Krispies. I don’t have immediate plans for the last one yet. Any ideas?

Good Cooking

Gail — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:30:41 +0000

With the bad economy, we hardly ever eat out at restaurants anymore. We just can’t afford it like we used to.

The up side is that I am becoming a pretty good cook. At least I think so. And no one has refused to eat the dinners.

Seedless is Best

Gail — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:34 +0000

We bought a big fat watermelon and got it ice cold. Tonight we’ll cut it up and feast on our first watermelon of the summer. I can’t wait!

Did you know that some people sprinkle salt on their watermelon? I can’t imagine that, but it’s true!

Fire Up the Grill

Gail — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:00:38 +0000

It’s such nice weather and my kitchen gets so hot, I think I’ll start grilling dinners. I have a nice gas grill and it’s easy to use. The hard part is remembering to marinate the meats for 30 minutes before putting them on the grill. By the time I remember to put the meat in a marinade, we are hungry and don’t want to wait the hour it will take to marinate and then cook the meats on the grill.

Happy May 5 for our Latino Friends

Gail — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:01:27 +0000

Almost everyone here knows a few people and families from Mexico. Cinco de Mayo is becoming a big celebration around here as more and more Mexican families move here. There are lots of special parties and food menus tonight at the Mexican restaurants, and lots of cold cervezas, too.

Happy Cinco de Mayo, ya’ll!

Here Comes the Easter Bunny

Gail — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:35:23 +0000

The Easter Bunny has always been my hero. He comes at night and leaves lots of goodies for you. Sometimes he is a little mischievous and hides things, likes all those Easter eggs that you dyed and painted!

The Easter Bunny makes Easter fun for the kids and you don’t even have to be on the good boys and good girls list to get the goodies!

Hope you have a nice Easter tomorrow and get lots of goodies to share with your family and friends!

Shop and Drop

Gail — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:03:05 +0000

I went to the grocery store today and made the big mistake of going on a Wednesday. In my local stores, Wednesday is “Senior Discount Day” and everybody over 60 years old is clogging the aisles to buy their groceries. The place is mobbed with gray haired old women and bald men with beer guts and dentures.

I don’t have anything against old people. I hope to be an old person one day, too. But there should be a limit as to how many old people can be in the store at one time – if there was a fire no one would be able to get out to safety.

OK – you know I’m just kidding here, don’t you? I’m glad the stores are giving the oldsters a discount on food – that means a lot to people tyring to get by on a fixed income.