Holiday Gifts
Each year I try to give a little gift that is a little more personal and isn’t store purchased. Yes this can be a little time consuming but the joy I get from people loving the fact that I took the time to make a homemade treat it well worth it. Most Requested Homemade Gift The most anticipated treat that…
Grandpop’s Turkey Soup
Ingredients: 4 Onions Chopped 4 Stalks Celery Chopped Celery Leaves Chopped 2 Boxes Chicken Broth 4 Turkey Wings 2 Turkey Legs if Chicken Wings do not have enough meat 2 29 oz. Cans Tomato Sauce Enough Water to Fill Pot Poultry Seasoning Pepper Salt Turkey Neck Turkey Giblets 1 ¼ Cup White Rice (more if needed) Instructions: Add chopped onions,…
Thanksgiving Meal
Each year I host Thanksgiving dinner for usually 8 – 10 guests. Since I have a somewhat small kitchen and limited oven space I try to do as much food prep the days leading up to the holiday. I do this to make the day of easier for myself….even though I am hosting I still want to be able to…
Portland, Maine – The Forest City
I have been to Portland twice and have had different experiences each time. My first trip to Portland was during a road trip I took with friends that started out in Boston and ended in Portland. Since we had many stops during that trip we didn’t have the time to properly explore Portland. On this trip we explored some of…
Finisci di Mangiare!
Pasta and seafood and granita, oh my! The one thing I was looking forward to on this trip was all of the wonderful food! Preparing for the trip I knew this would be one vacation destination that I would not have trouble finding meals! This proved correct the minute we started our adventure in Sicily! From the first meal I…
Siracusa & Ortygia
We booked a tour to Siracusa and Ortygia from Taormina. Siracusa is about an hour or so south of Taormina. When we were planning our trip we asked around about the ‘must see’ places and Siracusa was one that came up over and over. I’m glad we decided to do a Siracusa and Ortygia tour. The first stop was the Archaeological…
Palermo….More Than The Godfather
When you say you will be visiting Palermo while you are in Sicily most people will say ‘Oh, The Godfather! Will you be doing a Godfather tour’? The answer to this question was no, but we did book a Palermo and Cefalu tour. Palermo was about a 2 hour (or more) drive from Taormina where we stayed for the week.…
Mount Etna Adventures
During our time in Sicily we did 2 Mount Etna excursions. We wanted to have different experiences and that is exactly what we got! For the first excursion the alarm went off at 4 AM………….yes, you read that right 4 AM. Ugh….. it is an early morning on our first full day but it was because we had a scheduled…
