“I made Chinese food! I made Chinese food!”, I sang while doing a little happy dance around my kitchen. Now, I’m not talking stir fry. I make those all the time. I’m not talking Fried Rice. I make that often too. I mean something that involves a little bit more Chinese kind of know how Read more

Hip! Hip! Hooray!  My baby turned 6 today!  (Well, he turned 6 on the day when I made this cake…that was a bit ago).  He’s my son that has food restrictions, so I make most of our food from scratch.  For sure, I make most of his food from scratch.  It’s a bummer, but things Read more

Disclosure: Contains affiliate links. Full disclosure policy here. Oh my stars!  I got a bread machine over a year ago and I like making things with it, but I’m not too adventurous.  Because of some possible food allergies in our family, I wanted to try making our own bread.  So I put a message out on Read more

Frank Sinatra says: Love and marriage, love and marriage They go together like a horse and carriage This I tell you, brother You can’t have one without the other But, maybe the following is also true: Chocolate and peanut butter, chocolate and peanut butter They go together like a love and marriage This I tell Read more

We love grilling in the summer months. There’s always steak, brats, hot dogs and chicken on our grill, but it’s nice to throw side dishes on the grill too. The whole point of grilling is to not have to turn on the oven or stove and heat up the house. We decided to start grilling Read more

We love Blueberry Banana Bread at our house! My boys just devour it, so when it came time to make something for the teachers at one of my son’s school, I thought about that bread. But I wanted to make it a little easier to eat than a slice of bread. So I turned it Read more

Snickerdoodles!  They’re just a great, traditional cookie, ya know?  But I often think of them as being store-bought, never made at home.  But it doesn’t need to be that way.  It’s an easy cookie to make – a simple dough, chilled for a bit, then rolled in a cinnamon/sugar mixture.  And, yet, I’ve only made Read more

I love iced coffee and drink it year round. It’s easy to make the pricey coffee store versions at home and so delicious. Just think of all the money you can save making iced coffee at home. I’ve compiled 24 amazing iced coffee recipes for you to enjoy this summer (or all year, like me.) Read more

We are fans of Mexican food in our house.  I mean, isn’t almost everyone?  From beef tacos to chicken tacos to taco salad to beef enchiladas to chicken enchiladas to fajitas to fiesta chicken, we like it a lot!  In fact, one time someone asked my husband what kinds of food we usually have for dinner.  Read more