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It’s Savory Saturday

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Oh, my gosh!  I just had a great dinner that was made by my amazing husband.

Tuna & Goat Cheese Empanadillas

These amazing little empanadillas were quite tasty!  Inside the puff pastry was canned tuna, green olives and pine nuts, amongst other ingredients.  They had a creamy richness to them, which the pine nuts complimented very well.  The green olives and tuna had a very distinct flavor, and each bite I took, a flavor seemed to come out.  When we make these again, we’ve decided to do canned chicken instead, as we both thought the olives and tuna needed to complement one another, which these didn’t.  I give these a 6 out of 10 stars.

Duck Foie with Jamon Iberico

These were my favorite appetizer!  Oh, my gosh, they were so heavenly, that I had three of them (and we even had guests over)!  On the toasted pan rustico bread slices, were onions that simmered for two hours — the first hour in olive oil and sugar  and for the second, he added dry white wine.  The next layer was jamon iberico and then on that, was the duck foie!  I have never had anything like this!  The sweetness soft onions mixed with the salty jamon iberico, melted in my mouth and the crispy bread was toasted just enough for a nice texture throughout each bite.  I give this 12 out of 10 stars!

Spanish Style Chicken with Saffron Rice

This dinner was so very good.  The rice was very flavorful, with the canned tomatoes and yellow bell pepper, which gave off a nice and comforting flavor.  While the chicken was juicy, I prefer my chicken not as cooked as most people do.  I would definitely have this dish again, only with a little less cooking time for my piece of chicken.  I give this meal a 7 out of 10 stars.

If you would like these recipes, please let me know!

Savory Saturday

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This this my 100th blog, and in honor of that, I want to announce that I’ll be doing something new every Saturday.  It’s called “Savory Saturday” (my husband came up with the title), and I’ll be writing about food!  As an ex-culinary student, it’s easy to see that writing and cooking are very similar — writing and editing to create a wonderful book vs. using the perfect amount of ingredients, which creates an amazing meal.

My first blog about will be posted later tonight!  I’ll be writing about what my husband is currently making, two Tapas (one is tuna and goat cheese empanadillas and the other is duck foie with jamon iberico) and for the main course, we’re having Spanish Style Chicken with Saffron Rice.

Stay tuned for the first “Savory Saturday” post!

It’s Fun Friday

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Hey, everyone, and Happy Friday!

Most women love wearing lipstick, right?  Well, as we all know, lipsticks do not stay on!  We apply and keep reapplying all day long.  There are days when I don’t even bother putting on lipstick because there is no point in it.  Well, when I saw Maybelline’s commercial for Super Stay 24 Hour lipstick, I thought “Yeah, like that’s going to work!”  Well, after seeing several commercials, I decided to try it.  Oh, my gosh, this stuff really works.  I will put this stuff on one morning and it’s still on the  next morning!

The brilliant Maybelline product isn’t sticky, and the gloss at the other side stays glossy for quite a long time, even through eating, drinking and kissing!  I recommend Super Stay 24 Hour lipstick to any woman who has yet to find  a long-lasting lip color product!

I purchased mine at my local CVS, but I’m sure that they are sold at any (Super) Target, Walgreens or drugstore near you!

Emailing Your Editor

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Tonight I emailed my wonderful editor my 12 pages!  It was the first time that I had returned anything to her, and I feel good about the work that I replied back to her with.  It’s times like these that I love, being in contact with someone who can help you get to the destination you want, the published book.  There was also this part of me that was as nervous as hell, and found it hard to write the last sentence, telling her how I hope she likes what I’ve done.  Why was I so nervous?  I have no clue, but think that it could have also been exciting energy what was pouring out of my hands, as I typed.  I was also trying to be professional, maybe a little too professional, but I think is very important in business.

Now, tell me about your editor experiences, as I could use the advice.

Editing While Feeling Blah

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With editing, reading book reviews, writing my 2nd book, being a writer isn’t much fun when you’re feeling blah!  My fibromyalgia has kicked in high gear and this isn’t fun!  It makes me feel like literally doing nothing at all, but not just that, it also paralyzes me from doing anything.  Even as I write this, the keystrokes are agitating my shoulder — OUCH!  When I take medicine it makes me feel loopy (which I’m sure could make for some really interesting characters), so during the day, that’s out of the question.

What do you do when you’re not feeling well and you’ve got a mile-high of stuff stacked upon your desk?

Your 2nd, 3rd and 4th Book

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You’ve written your first book!  Congratulations!  Like me, you might be in the editing stage of your book, but aren’t you eager to get back to writing?  I know I am!

Last week, I got a surge of energy and ideas to write my 2nd, 3rd and 4th book!  It’s hard to believe, but yes, it’s true.  With my trusty iPhone’s Notes application, I jotted down the beginning, middle and end of my next books — I just want to write, write, write!

These books will be written differently.  I am more prepared to take on whatever struggles or conflicts that I know will come with these next books.

Just An Observation

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Today I went to B & N with my mom today and I found something interesting, though it’s something that’s been happing…ever since the NOOK came out.

“Hi, would you like me to give you a demonstration of the Nook today,” asks this skinny man, right as I enter the store.  It’s almost as if he’s begging me to by his product at the BOOK store, not the NOOK store.  I tell him I already have one, but that’s a lie.  The truth is, I don’t even want one, and if I were to tell him that, I’m afraid that his eyes would literally pop out of his shocked face and say, “But you don’t want a Nook?  It’s new technology!” with a gasp, as he raises his hand over his mouth!

I think it’s funny that they are trying to sell these in BOOK stores, because isn’t it just helping make books more obsolete?  I understand the NOOK is a Barnes and Noble product, but don’t people know B & N as a a book store, with a few sections of gifts, cards, music and Godiva chocolates?  Say for example, that they convince enough people to buy the NOOK, wouldn’t it make their store go out of business…like this one:

The way I see it is that book stores, wonderful highly recognized book stores, are being contradictory — they want to sell books, but they are pushing the NOOK on us, right as we enter the store.  It’s almost as if they are telling us, “Don’t look at those things on the shelf, they’re old and no good.”  On another note, I’ve heard from several people that they can’t get some books on the Nook/Kindle/eReaders.  Well, see, isn’t it good that we sill have a book store to go to?!

What do you, the reader, the book lover, the NOOK lover or hater, think about this?

Handwritten Letters

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There is something so special about receiving a handwritten letter, yet these days, they are almost obsolete, thanks to email, texts and the internet.  For the last few months, my mom and I have been sending one another the same cards/letters, each time finding less space to write anything back.  By receiving and mailing back these handwritten letters, there is something so special about it, it’s more personal.

You might wonder how this began, well let me tell you.  I was at my mom’s house and she was wrapping a present for one of her best friends.  She opened a large bag of cards that she has saved over several years.  I watched as she signed the aged card that the friend had sent her.  I asked why she planned on sending that card to her friend and she told me that it’s something that they had always done.  Two days later, I received a card that I sent my mom a long time ago.  From that day a few months ago, we’ve maybe mailed back five ten cards, each one using up  all the blank spaces.  It’s also been a great way to say a little “hello” to each other while she’s been on vacation in Florida.

I encourage you to try this wonderful way of reintroducing handwritten letters or cards…