It's been a while...

Didn't mean to be gone from this blog so long. Right after my last post LAST year, I went into full wedding mode, planning my daughter's wedding which took place July 2016.

These Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies, 

were among the three varieties of cookies

served at the wedding reception. Recipe is 

on the Sweets and Treats Page.

While she was finishing up her last semester of college, I took care of most of the details of the wedding and reception, which left no time for my blogs or much of anything else. With some help from one of my sisters, I also prepared all the food for the reception, except for the wedding cake and cupcakes. Without any help, I baked 27 dozen cookies for the cookie bar. I won't be forgetting that anytime soon.

All of our work resulted in a beautiful wedding and reception, and I'm so thankful it's all a beautiful memory, now.

Exactly three weeks to the day, following the wedding, my husband had a heart attack. His recovery involved several months of cardiac rehab and a few changes to our exercise routine. During that time, I studied some of the plant-based diets and adopted some of the cooking methods and recipes.

For the most part, the changes in our diet are more plant-slanted menus but not exclusively. We are probably 80 percent plant-based and 20 percent meat and dairy. I'm going to be adding some plant-based recipes to a stand-along page. Keep watching for that.Several of these recipes will be the soups I've been making for the past few months. They are delicious.

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