Yes, this guy: my out-of-this-world husband, Paul. If you have read my blog for any length of time, or if you follow me on Instagram, you probably know a few things about him.  He loves food as much as I do and often inspires recipe that show up right...

This post is written by me on behalf of Imperial sugar.  The summer is winding down.  Well, sort-of.  We are still hovering around 100 degree highs around here but the extended forecast looks very fall-like with a high in the 70’s on Saturday.  I’m ready for it.  After two weekends in...

I am so completely embarrassed to admit this: last night was the first night in over a month that Paul and I sat down at our dining room table and ate a home-cooked meal together.  This home-cooked meal, Spicy Mexican Chicken Pasta. Between work travel, evening church activities, band...

No recipe for you today, per-se.  But instead, a list of amazing recipes…copycat recipes, that is. As I mentioned yesterday, I have had so much fun recently recreating restaurant favorites at home and I was thinking back to a few of the restaurant re-makes I’ve posted, I realized that...

Confession time: I don’t love artichokes.  I know!  And even worse: only a few months ago, I would have avoided them at all costs.  I’m talking pick around them in spinach artichoke dip, leave them off the pizza, and steamed artichokes? Forget about it! But let me just say...

We should talk about babies today.  (Don’t tell Paul!)  Of course, not our babies – but ALL of the babies ALL over the place.  Have you noticed?  It is for sure in the water – at church, at work, and all around the blog world, there are babies. And...