This recipe was born out of a desire to have cheesecake, but I wasn’t in the mood for a cherry topping like I normally am. Nah, I was in the mood for chocolate! Now, I know that some people in this world actually make a chocolate cheesecake. I would like to meet those people. I Read more
Kitchen Hack (noun): Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen. A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. I love grilling out, but I’m not much of a grill master. My husband does pretty good, but we still don’t grill often. With Read more
I’m convinced, when it comes to my kitchen, that: Menu Planning is the single thing that saves me the most money each month. Having cooked ground beef in the freezer is the single thing that saves me the most sanity each month. When I have ground beef in the freezer I’m like a quadrillion times Read more
We are a house divided. No, one of us doesn’t cheer for Iowa and the other for the Huskers. That’d be understandable. No, instead one of us is an Apple fan and one of us goes for Cherry. It comes up almost every holiday – apple pie or cherry pie? It’s something we’re working through Read more
Homemade chocolate and caramel Rolo cookies – perfect for anytime! “Me like cookies!” That’s what Cookie Monster used to say when I was a little girl. Does he still say that? My kids don’t watch Sesame Street, so I’m not sure. I have heard that he does now teach that cookies are “sometimes” foods. But Read more
Does your mom have anything she’s “known” for? At least as far as the kitchen or baked goods are concerned? In my family, when I think of my mom and her cooking, there are 4 things that come to mind: Homemade Popcorn, made on the stove Zucchini Bread Tacos (almost always our birthday dinner of Read more
Disclosure: Post contains affiliate links. All opinions are mine. Kids have gone back to school! Which means, you made it mama! You figured out a way to keep them fed during the summer – a hard task for me sometimes. Now you just have to get a good rhythm of feeding them during the school Read more
It’s almost soup season! Well, for those that thing there is such a thing as soup season. I, personally, don’t think there is a soup season – I think everyday is part of soup season. I eat it year round, but I’m willing to concede to those who think that while you CAN eat soup Read more
We eat Mexican-ish foods in our house quite often. Mexican food just lends itself to easy, family friendly meals that everyone in our family likes. Things like tacos, taco salads, enchiladas, burritos. But we ran into a problem a couple of years ago when we started suspecting one of my children was sensitive to certain Read more
I’m not known for cooking many foods from other cultures. I’m not very experienced when it comes to other cuisines. I’m a Midwest gal, born and raised. I’ve started to branch out a teeny tiny bit, but I’m making slow progress. But there is 1 Indian dish that I make and have made for years. Read more