A light but creamy pasta dish heavily seasoned with garlic and pancetta will surely keep the vampires away.

*photo was taken by our good friend & dinner guest, photographer extraordinaire Bryan Alberstat
I was excited when …

Hay Hay it’s Donna Day and  Jo of Have Fork Will Travel was the winner of last month’s HHDD Challenge.  Jo will be our hostess for this month’s challenge and she has picked the perfect …

Stephanie of Dispensing Happiness is the hostess for this month’s Hay Hay its Donna Day and she picked a Polenta and Parmesan Chicken recipe. I have had this bookmarked for sometime, so I was very excited that Stephanie picked something savory for us.

Stephanie of Dispensing Happiness was winner of last month’s HHDD Challenge.  Stephanie will be our hostess for this month’s challenge and she has picked Parmesan and Polenta Chicken.  To read more about this dish and …

A cool and refreshing summer salad of made with bean thread noodles, crisp green beans, mouth tingly mint and cilantro all dressed with a very flavorful dressing of lime and fish sauce. This salad is easy to make and you will have dinner on the table in under 30 minutes.

I fell in love with Donna Hay a few years ago after spying her book, Modern Classics. I love the simplicity of your recipes, so fresh and so simple. When I started blogging a couple years ago, I stumbled about a lovely site, Winos and Foodies , I was delighted to learn that Barbara had a Hay Hay Donna Hay (HHDD) food blogging event. I participated whenever I could. Life becomes busy and we reach obstacles that unfortunately prevent us from doing the things we enjoy at times and in 2008, Barbara passed this event over to the talented Bron. Now, I am pleased to say, this batton has been passed down to Chez Us. We hope and strive to do an outstanding job just as Barbara and Bron did, by keeping it “Simple Made Simple”.

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am in love with the Donna Hay cookbooks and most recently the magazine.  We cook a lot of her dishes (one for dinner tonight) very often as they are simple and very flavorful.  I had …