Yesterday, I decided to try to make a spaghetti aglio e olio recipe. I've tried to make this a few times and f

Remember when I used to share recipes on this blog?  No?  Yeah, it's been awhile.  I could make a lot of ex

Though I haven't made this since my dad passed away, this was his favorite New York Style Cheesecake recipe. Â

When I was a little girl, our holidays were consumed with cookie and candy-making.  And let's be real - there

A couple of weeks ago, I was working from home on a Friday afternoon.  I decided to break up the monotony by

Today would have been my dad's birthday, which always brings up all kinds of fantastic childhood memories of c

It's the day before Thanksgiving and you need an easy cranberry sauce recipe, am I right?  (Even if I'm not,

Can I be honest here?  (Of course I can - it's my blog.)  I'm a baking snob.  I hate ready-to-bake, process

Fall is here, which means apples are in season.  What do you do when you don't need a whole apple pie tho

Okay Jacques Torres, you know you've made it when you are the New York Times best chocolate chip cookie reci

My friend's mom makes THE BEST blueberry pie in the entire world.  I attempted to serve it at Christmas, and

Somehow my dad's semi-homemade chicken alfredo recipe has stuck with me throughout my entire life.  I made it

I'm pretty sure if I continue going through my old photos, I could post a pinterest recipe every week.  With

Weekending - Red Velvet White Chocolate Cookies! Yesterday, I made some red velvet white chocolate cookies to

This weekend, we celebrated the Super Bowl at my cousin's house.  I was put in charge of dessert, and I decid

Friday, my mom invited Julie's sons and their girlfriends over for dinner.  We had decided that my husband wo

Since winter has finally (sort of) arrived, I don't feel like doing much of anything.  Add the commute betwee

Thanksgiving has come and gone, December has arrived, and the Countdown to Christmas is officially here!  Bri

Last weekend, a series of unfortunate events kept me at the office almost the entire three-day weekend and res

So, I think we all know that I have a thing for sweet potatoes.  When we made dinner for my parents two weeks

It's Monday, so let's make things easy, shall we? This weekend, my Husband got a wild hair to go visit my pare

My husband has been reading all about the Four-Hour Work Week and the Four-Hour Body, so he's been wanting to

I hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's Day, complete with death wishes in fortune cookies (see Steph's in

First of all, do you read Katie's blog? If not, you should.  I LOVE her.  (And not just because we are both

So.  My hubs has never met a vegetable he liked... except maybe a regular potato.  He does those.  But, swe

Many, many, many moons ago... before pinterest, before everyone had the internet, and before blogs, my mom dra

Last year, onmybirthday, we found ourselves in during Dallas' own icemageddon... as in, it shut down the enti

Occasionally, I get a wild hair and decide to brave my tiny kitchen to attempt some baking.  This time it was

Since we don't have the space to entertain, my Hubs always asks my parents to host us for big events... and s

I've never made an actual strawberry cake from scratch. Often, I do variations of shortcake or I do strawberry