This was my second year participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap, which is a very cool way to not only sh

I do not have a green thumb. Pretty much everything plant-related suffers under my care. I've never even tried

Growing up, like many families, we used holidays as a time to gather together. My parents, two sisters, and I

It's finally fall! It's time to break out the apple cider and caramels and sweaters! Except not the sweaters h

I have this fascination with food trucks. There's a food truck rally in Tucson that is basically just a gather

There are actually a million and one ways to cook quinoa. Just Google it and you'll quickly find that you can

School has been in session here for a few weeks already, but I'm still trying to soak in as many of the summer

I am officially back to work for the school year, which means it's back to meal planning. I let planning kind

Now that I'm nearing the end of summer vacation, it's time to go into productivity mode. This is the time of y

There are certain things that must happen every summer to, well, make it feel like summer. And because I'm cra

After many (many) hours of driving, Boots and I have arrived in Colorado to spend some much needed time with m

My grill spent the last 5 months packed away in the corner of my storage unit. Lonely. Unused. Hidden away beh

The other day, it donned on me that I have already been living in my new house for a few weeks and I hadn't ba

I am officially moved into my new place! Well, I guess that depends on your definition of "moved in." All of m

Have you seen the movie Frozen yet? If you haven't, you should probably go and do that. Like now. It's okay, I

I really like hosting people. Like really like it. Feeding people meals that I've carefully planned and invest

When I was first started learning to cook, my go-to side dishes were Rice A Roni and Pasta Roni. Their versati

This is one of the easiest (and most requested) weeknight recipes I've made around here. I have an unspoken ru

I have this wonderful woman that I work with. She is a teacher I interpret for and was also Roxy's foster mom

I'm adjusting to farm life quite nicely. Most of the time, this is a pretty busy place. People are in and out

Carbs are so comforting to me. And they just taste so darn good. Fluffy dinner rolls, soft pretzels, buttery g

There's a "thing" in the food blogger world called The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. Last year, my Instagram

I wait for this month all year long! Not only is it my birthday month, it's my mom's birthday month, and, um,

This has become one of my favorite quick weeknight meals. Even though I get home from work before 4pm everyday

Halloween was fun and all, but I'm ready to move on. I live for Thanksgiving (and especially Christmas, but I

I know it's officially Fall now and I'm supposed to have moved into pumpkin and apple everything, but since it

We met this couple at the dog park a few months ago - Maren & Jake. They're about our age, all of our dogs

I was not one of the cool kids growing up. I had curly bangs that stuck out in every direction. And I brushed

You know how some people love reading before bed? How their bedtime routine every night includes grabbing a go

There was this morning when I was in 5th grade that our teacher gave us an assignment. She explained that we w

Do you remember the Real Seal? I remember seeing it all over the place on dairy products growing up, but until

I have never been a morning person. That's no secret to any person that has ever had to interact with me right

This is the time of year(ish) when gardens are overrun with zucchini and people scramble for different ways th

Happy Monday, folks! Remember how I told you I was working on a recipe for a contest? Well, I am entering thes

So...I started playing ChefVille on Facebook. I had just deleted Candy Crush off of my phone, after trying to

I just finished watching the final episode of The Gilmore Girls the other day. I started rewatching the show f