by Nettye Johnson | Apr 12, 2019 | family, food
So, one of our go-to weekday meals for the family is a Mexican casserole.A play off lasagna, it is a layered dish using tortillas (instead of lasagna noodles), ground beef (and/or leftover rotisserie chicken) browned with a taco spice blend, black beans and/or...
by Nettye Johnson | Mar 3, 2019 | faith, family
In the rain. One of my favorite childhood memories is a playful walk in the rain. My mother and I were coming home from shopping at Sears and Roebucks on 79th during a light but steady cool fall Chicago shower. I was about 7 and wore a Big Bird yellow rain coat with...
by Nettye Johnson | Feb 27, 2019 | family, food
Fresh herbs. Don’t buy em – grow em.I understand it is mid-winter and growing herbs outside is out of the question in much of the US right now.Same here in the deep south. In true Louisiana winter fashion, our weather regularly swings 20-30 degrees in an...
