It’s 9:45pm and you’re wrapping up the day, getting ready to hop in bed. Suddenly it hits you. “Oh $&%#, tomorrow is the cookie trade!” or “Oh cr*p, I was supposed to make a dessert for tomorrow!” Before you start Googling the hours of your local food store so you can go buy some mediocre […]
Recipe GIF: 3 Ingredient Banana Muffins.
Dear Rotting Bananas on My Counter, I bought 6 of you because you were pre-bunched as 6. I didn’t have the heart to split you up, but I also didn’t realize I couldn’t humanly eat all 6 of you before you’d go bad. Now there are 3 of you left, and it looks like you’re trying […]
Recipe GIF: Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Tacos
If you can’t cook, you need a slow cooker. If you can cook, well, you probably have one. So either way, read on. While I enjoy cooking, I’m no Pioneer Woman in the kitchen, so I’m always looking for “I-can’t-mess-this-up” techniques, recipes and tools to help better my culinary skills. The slow cooker is one […]
Recipe GIF: Easy Baked Ziti
I’ve been told, and I quote, This is the best baked ziti I ever had.”* * This direct quote may be from a 5 year old, BUT many other older, wiser, more sophisticated pallets have tried and very much enjoyed my baked ziti. It has not only impressed young foodies, it’s also super simple to make. It’s […]
Recipe GIF: Bisquick Pumpkin Pancakes
It’s that season! The season where every single food establishment offers some variety of pumpkin flavored food. Pumpkin coffee, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pasta, pumpkin burritos, pumpkin sushi, pumpkin pad thai, kung pow pumpkin. You name it, and in the fall, they’ll infuse pumpkin in it. This brisk October morning, armed with my morning […]
Low Cal Potato Cauliflower Soup.
I’m gaining winter weight. Ugh. It happens each year like clock work. January hits and all the holidays did was get me craving warm comfort food rather than lean, healthy things like salads and fruits. As my pants are getting tighter I need to remind myself that I’m in a wedding in April and I […]