Recipes

I love all things lemon. It’s such a rich + refreshing taste and makes me feel happy! I’ve never adulted enough to make real-deal lemon bars…they’re coming, I think…I just need to be brave, but these Lemon Cream Cheese Bars are equally delicious and so simple to make! I took the lemon bars to the

We did not eat stuffed peppers growing up. The only peppers I really can think of at all that we *might* have consumed were of the finely chopped green variety on our Chef Boyardee homemade pizzas…and I remember not liking them very much. It’s amazing to me now how many things I’ve learned to love a

One of the hardest things for me when I’m trying to eat healthy is having a variety of food prepped so I don’t get bored eating the same things over and over. I was searching for some new, healthy recipes the other day and this one jumped out at me. It has all the good things…bits of crunchiness, ch

Okay, first things first…in case you’re wondering what that funny ‘Q’ word is in the name of this recipe…quinoa (keen-wah) is a seed used in cooking much like rice, only it’s gluten free and has a host of other healthy benefits! You can read more about quinoa HERE ! I like cooking with quiona beca

I know a lot of people like to call this dessert something else, but I’m sticking with the original, so Better Than Sex Cake it is! Hope it doesn’t offend anyone’s sensitivities too much, because once you make it, you will understand. Trust a girl.

Puppy Chow is one of those things that didn’t exist in my growing up world. If I was really lucky, someone would bring it for treat day at school and I’d get to enjoy its powdered sugar goodness! Ah, the ‘80’s…a magical time when no one had food allergies and we weren’t afraid of a rogue parent pois

When I decided that I was going to make this amazingly decadent cake, my main concern was—did we have enough milk on-hand? Basically, you will need an entire gallon of milk at the ready because this triple layer delight is so rich!

Ok, right up front…this is not as delicious as chocolate chip cookie dough. I love cookie dough with all my heart and as much as I would love for this recipe to be all that, it’s not. It is however pretty darn tasty and I’ve also made a brownie version I’ll be sharing soon.

Do you have a list of foods that you don’t like, but want to? Curry has been one of those dishes for me. It’s all the things I love, though…rice or noodles or even rice noodles, veggies, sauce (I want all the sauces on everything I eat). For some reason, though, curry has been something I’ve avoided

I was in a ladies’ bible study, what seems like a lifetime ago, and at one of our Christmas get-togethers, the hostess made these cream cheesy chicken puff things that I was completely obsessed with. I’ve made them a zillion times since then and they change every time because I struggle with using r

My mother-in-law was one of the best bakers I’ve ever met. She won ribbons at the state fair for her pies, decorated beautiful cakes for all occasions, and made plates of goodies at the holidays. A few years ago, I asked Jason what his favorite cookie was that she used to make, and he quickly told m

I posted a picture on Instagram after I had made this turkey pot pie—the week after Thanksgiving. I had tagged it: Thanksgiving left-overs and knew I had to qualify that statement b/c everyone would be doing the math for how old the turkey was I had used. Just so everyone can rest easy…I had frozen