So in general I am against shots. I think they are a terrible idea and nothing good ever comes of taking shots. Plus, it’s not like it would slow down my wine drinking so why would I waste room on shots? However, the other day I was perusing the inter webs and saw the cutest […]
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I am in a food rut. I’ve been working kind of crazy hours this summer which has caused me to be really lazy about going to the grocery store and coming up with different meals for dinner. Marc works like a madman always so he has no time whatsoever to go to the store, and no one […]
The Best Superbowl Sunday Dip: Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
There’s a dip I’ve been making for years that I am always requested to make or bring to parties because everyone loves it, but I have one rule: I will only make it during football season. There is something about wings and football that just go hand in hand. And outside of football season, to […]
Doggie birthday cupcakes
Pooka’s 10th birthday was on Feb 1st and being the good dog mom that I am, I baked her a birthday cake. Actually they were birthday cupcakes. She’s a little thing so I thought it would be smarter to go the cupcake route. She’s a dog, she doesn’t know the difference. Pooka loves fruits and vegetables. […]
Ginger Layer Cake with Salted Whiskey Caramel
I don’t know about everyone else, but when I host people at my house I am torn between going with one of my tried and true recipes or experimenting with something new. As long as I haven’t served my go to recipe to my guests before, it’s still new to them so definitely a safe […]
Simple Whipped Feta
This is the easiest thing you will do today. And probably one of the yummiest. INGREDIENTS 8oz block of feta 3oz whipped cream cheese toppings of your choice choice of crackers or bread INSTRUCTIONS Process feta in a food processer until in small chunks. Add whipped cream cheese and pulse for 3-4 minutes until smooth. […]
Jalapeno, Bacon & Cream Cheese Pinwheels
I get a lot of my ideas from other people’s recipes. At this point, especially with Pinterest, it’s probably really hard to be 100% original. Even when I think I have an original recipe, then I will find something similar online. So this pinwheel recipe I took from Tasty Kitchen. While I love her blog […]
French Beef Stew
This recipe is really easy for a French one. I took it from a blog called Katie at the Kitchen Door. It’s not stuffy or complicated. It just takes time, most of which don’t even involve you. The beef needs to be marinated for a minimum of 12 hours. I marinated it for 26. The […]
Sweet Potato Hash
Sweet potatoes are my go to carbohydrate for dinners. Just like broccoli is my go to favorite green. Marc is a pretty picky eater when it comes to veggies, but he loves my sweet potatoes and my broccoli, and since he and I are both creatures of habit, I serve them up on a regular. […]
Rosemary (and whiskey) sugar cookies
Marc and I drove up to my parent’s mountain house in Big Canoe this past weekend for a quick two night getaway. Sometimes it’s just nice to get away from the city, breath the fresh mountain air and spend some time with trees. You heard me: trees. There’s a whole theory on how the energy trees emit […]
Holiday Roasted Pumpkin Soup
Cold fall weather and hot comforting soups go hand in hand like ice cream and summer. What’s better than coming in from the cold to fill your belly with a bowl of warm, delicious soup? And what’s better than being able to reduce, reuse, recycle something you have already purchased for another great use? So how […]
Drunken Mushroom & Onion Pasta
Do you ever have one of those times – after a long day as you are driving home thinking about dinner, and even though you know there’s nothing in the fridge, you are too lazy to stop at the store? Today was not one of those days. I got home and I had plenty of […]
Almond Parsley Pesto
You guys have already heard me talk about how much I love parsley. It adds such a great flavor to so many foods. Plus, that little green leaf packs almost as powerful a punch as kale and spinach and even outshines them in some categories. It has more iron than kale and has a crazy […]
Applesauce & Oats Zucchini Bread
Let me go ahead and stop you right now from thinking this is going to be a healthy post. It’s a delicious post. While yes in fact I substituted applesauce for the oil, there is a green vegetable involved and rolled oats, the amount of sugar in this bread definitely does not make it healthy. […]
Crock pot Chicken Taquitos with Creamy Greek Avocado Ranch dip
Mexican food, wether it be traditional or American-ized, is something most people like. What’s not to like about it? It’s flavorful, creamy, cheesy, spicy goodness. Even if you aren’t a five pepper, gives you a headache it’s so spicy spice lover like me (I’m more on the half pepper spicy-meter), most people can still get on […]