So here we are at the “Coffee Pot” Monday gathering to recap the weekend and although you may be having coffee, I am sipping on Salada Green Tea Classic Lemon out of my Cap Cod Coffee Mug. Its only 22 degrees here in New England this morning and they say there’s more cold and some sort of icy precipitation on the way….and although I’m not “California Dreaming” I am however, looking for RAIN! I’m a complete rain lover and wish I lived in Seattle at times.

Well, I hope your weekend was eventful or at least as “tasty” as mine was. Pizza was wonderful but on Sunday I slow roasted country style pork ribs over carrots, celery, onion, garlic, tomatoes, and spices for 3 hours. Then I took the meat out and used an immersion blender on the vegetables in the juices released from the pork and it turned into this wonderful “gravy” that I put the meat back into to warm up while I made golden mashed potatoes with butter, half and half, cream cheese and a little sour cream blended in and we were in “Sunday Dinner Heaven” to say the least!

Pork Ribs & Potatoes

Back to “The Mama’s & The Papa’s”….(“Monday Monday” and “California Dreaming” for those too young to understand), The Papa in my house got the Baby into a terrible sweet tooth habit to the point of them both having some major blood sugar fluctuations that have made them sick so now this Mama is challenged to come up with low fat, low sugar, sweets and snacks to satisfy them. The good Lord knows I an NOT a baker and hate baking by all means so I’m gonna need some help here! Please send me any ideas on some good recipes of “tricks” I could use on them if you have any. My daughter is 10 so she’s pretty savvy, no sugar substitutes nor would I want them. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Until Friday my friends, have a great week and Drink It In!!