After a brutally cold winter and snow well into April, I think it is safe to say that summer is finally here i

My husband doesn't grocery shop. Partly because, I am weird and love to grocery shop, and partly because when

Last weekend we celebrated Mother's Day, and I got to celebrate my FIRST Mother's Day. In lieu of spending the

No need to check your calendar. I know it's not November, but I couldn't wait until next fall to share this tu

I typically like to make something a little more involved for Sunday dinners. You know, a delicately layered l

I am so not a morning person. I wish I was. I envy people who can get up at the crack of dawn, run 5 miles, fo

My husband and I only grew up about 90 miles from each other, but sometimes I think we grew up worlds apart. F

Chocolate and carrots aren't two ingredients that you'd necessarily think would go together, but whip them tog

Less than 10 days til Christmas! Who's all done with their shopping, baking and wrapping?? If you are, feel fr

You've heard of engagement chicken, right? Theory behind it is, make this chicken recipe, and you'll get any g

Pumpkin whoopie pies are certainly not a new recipe. In fact, I first made this recipe about 5 years ago when

With the holiday season slowly encroaching, you could also consider this time of year,  "sugar cookie season"

It's that time of the year that I love the most - fall! Like many people, I love the beautiful fall colors on

If you had to pick one essential BBQ side dish, it would have to be pasta salad. Perfect to throw together at

With Labor Day behind us, fall is just around the corner. Time to bring on the mums, pumpkin flavored baked go

Oatmeal cookies tend to get a bad rap. Usually because they are paired with raisins. How many times have you b

I've talked before about how I always seem to have ripe bananas taking up residence in my fruit bowl, but havi

Dessert is a rare treat around here. I'd love to be one of those people that has dessert every night, but the

On my never-ending quest to continue to get rid of processed junk and make more things from scratch, it never

Crispy oven baked french fries? Seems like an oxymoron, doesn't it? For years, I've attempted to make french

"Those are some nice looking buns." That's what my husband said when he walked into the house the other day. Â

When you hit up a street fair or amusement park, what food stand do you hit up first? For me, it's always the

  It's so funny how life works in cycles sometimes. A few years ago my summer schedule was packed with bridal

Whew. I'm back. It has been a long, exhausting past few weeks. We are officially moved into our new house, com

Hard to believe that we close on our new house in just about 2 weeks. It seemed like forever away when we set

We have a few unwritten rules in our household. I park on the right hand side of the driveway, Brad parks on t

Why does it seem like the weekends just fly by, while we work weeks drag on? This weekend was a blur, a fun b

Hello? Anyone still here? I know, I know, it's been pretty quite 'round here lately. No worries, I didn't fall

Now that January's over, can I stop posting healthy recipes and get back to cookies and cakes again? I'm kiddi