I’m thrilled to say that the Cloud 8½ household survived Hurricane Irene! It got wicked and, I’ll admit, rather scary, when she rolled through. We were without power for a couple of days and lost 3 trash bags’ worth of food, but our house stands and we’re all unharmed. We’re grateful and our thoughts are [...]
I was meal planning a couple of weeks ago and while trying to fill in the gaps in the plan, was brainstorming ideas for using a pound of frozen shrimp that I had on-hand. I also had some fresh spinach on hand and decided I wanted to use the two together, and eventually decided I [...]
I was looking for something different to add to my menu and came across a recipe for Sweet Potato Chicken Quesadillas. I’ve seen rave reviews for sweet potato and black bean burritos, so I figured it was a good combo and ran with it. I should have really thought about this super-simple recipe before I [...]
Ever since this recipe hit the blog Delish, it’s been spreading like wildfire through the Nestie blogs, and with good reason! I swore off Hamburger Helper a long time ago because it’s just so sodium-heavy and bad for you. I’m not overly health-conscious, but it was an easy thing to lop out of our diet [...]
One of the appetizers my husband and I look for on restaurant menus is any kind of Southwestern Egg Rolls, but we often run into an issue because I hate cilantro and it’s such a quintessential southwestern flavor that it’s inevitably in anything labeled as such. When I was assembling our Cinco de Mayo menu [...]
