Lobster Salad

Can we just take a moment to just pay homage to this 

amazing sea creature, the lobster!

Oh MY!

Yep it's pretty amazing to munch on a nice lobster tail!

I can just slap on some butter and squeeze half a lemon

on this bad boy and I am golden all week!

Many years ago we took a vacation in Maine with the kids.

It was just heavenly! 

We skipped along the ocean, ate way too much ice cream, 

pie, fresh berries and LOBSTER!

It is just too easy to eat in Maine!

It is ridiculously reasonably priced, fresh out of the water

and readily available at just about any food establishment both fancy and not fancy!

Oh it is just heavenly I tell you!

This was my first experience with a legit......

LOBSTER ROLL!

Oh yes!

They have these hot dog rolls that split on the side and look like 

folded pieces of thick Texas Toast!

Then they stuff these grilled butter rolls with LOBSTER SALAD!

Oh and it is just amazingly yummy and so easy to prepare!

So when Sprouts has a summer sale on lobster tails I load up the buggy!

Check out this easy recipe my friends!

                                         

Lobster Salad

3 or MORE lobster tails

1 organic lemon

sea slat and cracked pepper to taste

1/4 cup of mayo

dash of paprika 

Cook your lobster tails until done. I just throw mine on the grill and wait for them to turn red!

It usually takes about 10-12 minutes.  Once cooled, take the meat out of the tails, cut into bite-sized chunks and throw into a bowl. Add the mayo and the juice of one lemon, salt and pepper and toss. You can add less lemon and less mayo depending on your preference. Add a dash of paprika cover and place in the refrigerator to chill before serving. You can serve it on a bed of greens or toast up a bun and load it up. Either way it is just the perfect summer treat! Pour up a nice glass of Chablis and there ya go mamas! YUM! 

The United Kingdom

Painting by Olivia Nucci

“This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. Beauty, like truth, brings joy to the human heart… unites generations and enables them to be one in admiration.” (Blessed Pope Paul VI)

Upon my return from the United Kingdom, I have so many memories and snapshots I could share with you for days on end. I would like to share my initial thoughts upon my return. This is my second trip to the UK. My first trip was over 21 years ago. If I am truly being honest I will say that my memory has faded since that first trip a bit. Mama is getting a wee bit older my friends!

I do have very fond memories of particular events, landmarks, fine dinners and time with Steve, my amazingly beautiful middle child, Isabella Louise and many friends we traveled with but one keen memory has always stood out among the others. I remember how fondly I felt about the people in Scotland. So much so that 20 years ago, Steve and I asked the CEO of  Tom James Company if we could move to Scotland and work there. The weather is quite rainy and a bit chilly most of the time but the people, oh the people are so warm, friendly and beautiful from the inside out. They all seem to have these permanant rosy cheeks and a twinkle in their eyes as if they have a secret they are keeping but are almost begging you to ask what it is because they are just dying to bring you into it! Their main love language seems to be acts of service as they want to take "proper" care of you, feed you, fill you up with a warm spot of tea and then bundle you up warm and tight before sending you on your way. It is so beautiful and reminds me of what our world really should look like. We should want to care for and take others in, even complete strangers. Our generations should be united and woven together like a quilt. An amazingly vibrant quilt with stitches of all different shapes and sizes weaving together the most beautiful fabric from each end of the earth and stitches added by every person you meet. A quilt in constant movement so beautiful that it mimicks that of a prima ballerina performing her very first solo. Can you imagine? Each person you encounter, even for one fleeting minute, is part of your quilt and you theirs. You place a stitch in their quilt and they place a stitch in yours. Maybe it is one stitch, maybe it is thousands of stitches. And then all of these life quilts link together to become one everchanging, everlasting magnificent quilt.

I am so thankful for the beautiful stitches that the lovely people of Scotland have sewn in my quilt this past week. I now carry their beauty with me forever.

Painting by Olivia Nucci

Isabella Louise

Super Bowl Party Food

So all mamas know that the Super Bowl

is really just a day to try out all of those amazing, 

cheese filled and low calorie appetizers we 

have been stalking on Pinterest! 

Right?

Yes Mama Nuch is right!

So I am going to make it real easy for you.

These three treats will be the hit of the party 

I kid you not!

Just pick up some really great chips and

do not forget the Big Scoop FRITOS!

Put on a fancy pair of sweats so you can 

eat all day long if you so please.

Thank me later

or not! 

Go HERE!

Go HERE!

Go HERE!

Mary Did You Know?

Can you only imagine how Mary must have felt

anticipating the birth of her son?

I can't wrap my head around it really.

I remember awaiting the birth of my first child, Jake.

I was excited, anxious, tired, nervous, and happy.

Yes I was carrying and growing the most precious gift

I could ever imagine inside of me but my son

is not Jesus. My child would not be the son of God.

It really is too much for our brains to comprehend.

Knowing the God picked her to carry His precious 

son and our savior. It really is something to behold.

So as today marks the last Sunday in advent, I want to reflect

on our Mother Mary. I want to honor her and praise her for

her willingness to accept the unknown and to trust in God.

What a brave and courageous woman. What a completely 

unconditional mother to Jesus and to all of us.

My heart is full of gratitude for you beautiful Mary.

My heart is full of love for you.

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen