I feel like all I have been doing lately is eating. We have already kicked off family Christmas celebrations, starting this past weekend with my family. Everyone was together at my parents house. Paul and I were the last to arrive and we walked in to FOOD. I think...

This post is sponsored by the National Pork Board and the recipe also appears in their Cooking for Comfort eCookbook.  If you asked me or my sister how we define comfort food, I am 100 percent positive that we would both have the same answer.  We would say “my mom’s onion...

Sweets, sweets, sweets, that’s almost what this season is all about.  I hope you are putting your mixer and measuring cups to plenty of work this Christmas season making up some sweet treats to share with friends and neighbors.  I am, mostly in the form off cookies! When I was...

I realize you may be just coming down from a turkey-cranberry-stuffing-potato-pumpkin-pie high but really – who wants to really see a recipe for a salad today?  Because I definitely don’t.  I don’t for many reasons but the largest is that it’s not salad season…it’s baking season! There for a...

Hello, Monday.  I’m actually happy to see you.  Mostly because Wednesday will be “Friday” this week and then a four-day weekend is in order and that is something to celebrate.  I love a good long weekend. While this last weekend wasn’t necessarily a long one; it was a great...

I love dips.  Like, L.O.V.E. All kinds, all meals, all seasons, allofthedips. And cheese.  Isn’t that what makes a dip, a dip?  Ooey gooey cheese mixed in with possibly some veggies and/or protein?  And served with mere vehicles (AKA chips, veggies, crackers) for getting the dip into our bodies?...