Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Breasts
This week the weather is supposed to be gorgeous. It’s sunny right now and warming up nicely, so I am looking forward to some good grilling weather! Now that’s it time to start cooking outside...
Portobello Salisbury Steaks
Comfort food. It’s defined as food that provides a feeling of well-being, often associated with childhood or home cooking. Salisbury steaks fit into that category for me. My parents divorced when...
Puffy Peach Dessert Omelet and the KitchenAid 5-Speed Hand Blender
Experimenting with new recipes or trying a dish I haven’t tasted before is something I really enjoy doing. While I know there are many people who love peaches, I’m really not too fond of them....
Mocha Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Whether it’s a Starbuck Mocha Frappuccino or a McDonald’s Mocha Frappe, I am completely smitten with the coffee flavored chocolate frozen drinks available on the market. Well, now I have an...
Sweet Italian Sausage, Pepper and Potato Bake
We love Italian Sausage in this house, sweet being my favorite variety. I wanted to try something new tonight, and we really enjoy sausage and peppers, so I put together several of my favorite ingredients...
My Birthday Cake: Dedicated to the Memory of My Mother
Today is my birthday. I made a cake to celebrate. It’s a very special cake you see. Not because of some secret ingredient or a particular filling, not because of a gourmet chocolate icing or pretty...Comfort food. It’s defined as food that provides a feeling of well-being, often associated with childhood or home cooking. Salisbury steaks fit into that category for me. My parents divorced when I was 6 years old, so pretty much my whole childhood my parents both worked two jobs. So aside from my mother’s baked chicken and my father’s minced meat Read More »
Experimenting with new recipes or trying a dish I haven’t tasted before is something I really enjoy doing. While I know there are many people who love peaches, I’m really not too fond of them. However, I do think peaches are quite good in baked dishes like pies and cobblers, so when I came across this recipe for a Puffy Read More »
Whether it’s a Starbuck Mocha Frappuccino or a McDonald’s Mocha Frappe, I am completely smitten with the coffee flavored chocolate frozen drinks available on the market. Well, now I have an ice cream that I can keep in my freezer and enjoy those same delicious flavors at home. This ice cream is at the top of my favorites list and Read More »
We love Italian Sausage in this house, sweet being my favorite variety. I wanted to try something new tonight, and we really enjoy sausage and peppers, so I put together several of my favorite ingredients to create dinner. Leeks and garlic for flavor, mushrooms mixed into the sausage for flavor and added vegetable benefits, and potatoes and sweet peppers for Read More »
Today is my birthday. I made a cake to celebrate. It’s a very special cake you see. Not because of some secret ingredient or a particular filling, not because of a gourmet chocolate icing or pretty swirls. Today is not only my birthday, it’s my 45th birthday. That’s an important milestone for me as my own mother died when she Read More »
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chili’s Grill & Bar for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s not too often that I get to hang out with my best friend, Tamme. Sure we talk all the time on the phone, we text back and forth and occasionally spend 30 minutes together over a cup Read More »
When Girl Scout cookie time comes around, I always try and get several boxes of Tagalongs. Those are the chocolate covered peanut butter filled cookies, and man do I love them! I had this great idea to create an ice cream recipe similar to Cookies & Cream, only using the Tagalongs instead. When I told the kids about the idea Read More »
It was purely coincidental that I developed this salad recipe, inspired by the flavors of Florida. I’m a huge chicken fan, especially in salads, so when I happened across a marinade titled Key West Grilled Chicken I knew there was something in the making. There’s a perfect balance of sweet and savory, juicy and crunch. An ideal salad I’ll definitely Read More »
Muffins are great take along breakfasts and I’m always willing to try something new. This time I wanted to use up some Starbucks hot cocoa mix we bought at Christmastime. Instead of letting the cocoa go to waste, I thought I would try and create a muffin recipe using it as an ingredient. I’m glad I did, these chocolate chip Read More »





















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