Ahh, the optional-but-somewhat-required “Top Post of the Year” Post.  I actually debated on whether to do this post or not.  I did it in 2011 when I started the blog, I did it last year because I did it the year before and this year, well, I wasn’t sure...

Most of you know that I work in group insurance.  All of my clients purchase different lines of insurance from different carriers for various reasons and they do so to provide health, life, dental, vision, etc. coverage to their employees.  I’m an account manager which basically means that I...

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...