Seven years ago, I flew out to San Diego to visit my sister, who was living there at the time. I know we went

Arizona is currently in the middle of a heat wave. Now, I consider all of May through August a heat wave here

My parents are here! The dogs are in doggy heaven from the constant petting, playing, and walks they're enjoyi

Strawberries are one of those foods that taunts me. A perfectly ripe strawberry is one of the most delicious t

There's a tent in our dining room right now. We bought a really small, cheap tent to bond with our sugar glide

It's the last day of Meat Week! *sniff* I miss the burgers already. Today's recipe is inspired by the local cu

I work as a sign language interpreter for a school district, meaning my work days are almost identical to the

I have this cookie recipe.  I accidentally came up with it 3 years ago.  I was supposed to be making a massi

I had some people over earlier this week. I had originally planned on about 5 and that number quickly jumped u

My mom did 99.9% of the cooking in our house as I was growing up, but there are three things my dad is the mas

Last week seems like an eternity ago!  I worked 3 days, then we drove to Anaheim. Daniel and his buddy Tyler

Easter is coming up this weekend, which means eggs, eggs, and more eggs! Cadbury Eggs, Twix Eggs (can't wait t

In honor of the start of my Spring Break, and because it's one of my favorite breakfasts ever, I bring to you.

We took Roxy and Boots to Petsmart together for the first time yesterday and they did such a good job!  We th

I totally missed Valentine's Day this year.  I had a list of fun themed recipes to try and I didn't try any o

To celebrate the arrival of our first overnight guests last weekend, I decided to come up with an overnight br

This recipe is super easy, but it has, what I like to call "fancification."You could easily just call these tu

The first year Daniel and I were married, I needed very specific recipes and I would follow them to. the. lett

I've avoided sweet potatoes like the plague for my entire life.  I was convinced potatoes were meant to be wh

After over a month of living primarily off of fast food, it is so refreshing to finally have a house full of f

We've been attempting to eat our way through everything in our freezer recently, so that we don't have to move

adapted from the Thirty Years of Festive Foods Southwestern Public Service Company cookbook

I have different categories of food likeage (yes, I just invented that word).  There are foods I love, foods

I love Greek food.  There's this restaurant here in Tucson called My Big Fat Greek Restaurant - it's one of o

Did you know Oktoberfest started last weekend?  I had no clue. I had the silly notion that Oktoberfest starte

I love Fall.  I love jeans and hoodies and piles of brown, crunchy leaves and warm apple cider and pumpkin ca

It dropped below 90 degrees here in Tucson this week, which obviously means that Fall is on its way - cacti wi

I'm really into making bread these days - whether it's pizza crust, sandwich bread, krautburger dough, or hamb

In the past few years, I have been making little changes in our diet to make our meals healthier - cutting the

Earlier this year, I made a list of different flavors of quinoa bites I wanted to try to make.  I added them

Happy 4th of July! Today has been a day of baby cuddles, catching up with friends (okay, really just one frien

I love my bread machine.  I'm kind of a carbaholic, so being able to throw the ingredients into the bread mac

How was your Memorial Day?  I love when people get long weekends.  This long weekend in particular, the pool

Two Saturdays, right before we went to IKEA for the first time, I wanted to make Daniel and my brother-in-law

I have a million and one things to post about, but haven't actually had time to sit down and type it all up ye

I seriously miss blogging about food. Cooking food. Baking food. I guess technically, all I've done for the pa