Aunt Norie is very special to Natey. She comes to swim class with Natey almost every week and swims with him when mommy is under the weather. She lets him watch some television with a lot of singing involved (which Natey loves) and she lets him try all her delicious cooking (Natey’s favorite!). Today was an Aunt Norie day…well more like sister day. Norie and I spent the day together, going to the dmv, playing with Nathan, cooking, and finally relaxing at the end of the day with some delicious fruit cake from Whole Foods.

As we were cooking another delicious dish for our weekly Thursday night family dinner it dawned on me that Norie could be helping all of us make some very delicious quick to make meals (an area I have clearly neglected). Norie makes the most delicious gourmet meals and she does it without much effort. It doesn’t matter that she doesn’t have 3 of the ingredients she needs, she’ll substittute, make adjustments to make the dish healthier and you’ll eat it never knowing a thing!

Anyway, I offered her a position as a guest writer on our blog to talk about nutrition and her fabulous cooking which she found irresistible after the offer we made her. Endless kisses and hugs by your one and only, Natey! So look forward to her posts and food links under the Recipes tab. I hope you all enjoy her cooking as much as I do.

On a side note, when taking your photo at the DMV, please be aware that the camera has about a five second delay. Do not move your position until you have seen the flash! I for one, was not aware of this today and after waiting two hours to submit a change of name application ( and it was a so called slow day!), I am doomed to carry around an ugly picture as my form of identification for the next several years. Boo.