Just in case you missed yesterdays post, this week is "Get Your Grill On" week here and yesterday I gave some tips for grilling and listed some of my favorite grilled recipes. We headed up no...
For most people grilling season starts after Memorial Day. To get your grilling rear in gear Im kicking off a whole week of grilled recipes to help you get started. Grilling has always been inti...
Ive been super busy lately. I was away last weekend at the Fins annual Fishing Tournament with That Organic Girl and Cookin and Kickin down in South Beach. While my husband was fishing in t...
I always have mixed emotions on Mothers Day. Its a beautiful day to celebrate and recognize all that moms do. Im so grateful to be a mother but always feel like theres room for improvement ...
Wow. Honestly...thats all I can say. They say a persons true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching... I guess Im a self-indulgent, ravenous Monster. A Monster Cookie...
Weve been on vacation for three weeks. Three weeks! Weve had fun but were glad to be home living in our piles of laundry. And did I mention that my dishwasher is broken? Its amazing how I take m...
My friend Susanah is tall, leggy, and beautiful. You could try to hate her for that but shes just so down to earth and nice, its impossible NOT to like her. She also happens to be That...
I have a hard time saying no. You know when youre at the grocery store checking out and they ask if you want to donate money to a charity, I cant say no. Even though sometimes its my t...
I love chocolate and mint together. I have a Mint Brownie recipe from my college days but these brownies have a super thick mint filling and a thick chocolate layer on top of that. Theyre r...
Weve been eating a whole lot of chicken, fish, and veggies at our house lately. When my 7 year old son asked what was for dinner last night and I told him grilled chicken and broccoli, he about start...
Chocolate covered bacon...yum or ew? I thought it could go either way. But its yum. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. Lets call it Man Candy. How could salty crisp bacon dipped in gooey milk chocolate&nb...
We headed to the west coast of Florida for my husbands work function for the last leg our vacation. We spent a week in Naples and after the first night trying to go to bed with four kids in one small...
How was your Easter? Easter was a week long holiday for us filled with what seemed like an egg hunt everyday. We attended our city egg hunt on Saturday and it was unbelievably crowded. In all th...
This past weekend I threw a "Shes Ready to Pop" shower for my friend Alison. Thanks to my friend Crystal for the idea! First I made sure Alison was okay with the theme since I was a litt...
Its starting. Florida is beautiful in the early months of the year. So beautiful that when Im running I often pull out my phone and try to capture the gorgeous scene in front of me. Bu...
On April 20th my son had his 5th birthday. April 20th doesnt have the best track record. The day has a history of events like the Columbine shootings, National Pot Smoking Day, and Hit...
Remember these Lasagna Cupcakes, well heres the Mexican version of those. Wonton wrappers make for perfectly sized pasta squares that can be layered in muffin tins with taco meat, beans, cheese...
My husbands friends often come over to go fishing on our little boat in the water behind our house. It seems like its always around dinner time so I usually invite them over for dinner afterwards&nbs...
Im in a bit of an identity crisis. Remember when I felt like I was meant to be Greek? Well I also feel deep down that Im a Texan at heart. A Greek Texan...it could happen. An...
My husband took my boys on an overnight camping trip for our churchs father-and-sons outing leaving me home alone with my baby girl. I cant remember the last time I was alone in my house. It was a li...
As Mother Day approaches Ive been thinking about my mom and what I would make her for Mothers day if I lived by her. Whenever we go to a restaurant together and the waiter takes our order, my mom alw...
For those of you who had an unexpected surprise from my site on Valentines Day, I apologize. As I was walking into the gym my phone started blowing up with texts and calls that my site had been taked...
This giveaway is closed and a winner has been chosen! Congrats Tara Pittman. Let’s just say I’ve been a little terrified to venture o...
Sorry, that youre subject to my late night cravings right now. My friend is having us over for Easter dinner this year so Im actually only making these Loaded Mashed Potatoes and Lion House Roll...
"Oreo, Eoh-ah; Oreo, Eoh-ah....". Was anyone else convinced that the witchs guards in the movie The Wizard of Oz were chanting "Oreo"?!! Ive always thought the movie produc...
For everyone who entered the giveaway, thank you! I read every single comment and love hearing your feedback. I had a lot of comments from you saying that you were new cooks just starting o...
This giveaway is now closed. The winner is #389: Rockin Robin - "Omg! Your blog describes me to a t! I also am a girl, 47yrs young, that loves food and the comfort it brings. My motto, Ill try it...
I was blessed with a really good memory when it comes to names. For example, I can name everyone in my kindergarten class along with a random fact about each person. Somehow I continued to accur...
Valentines Day has me thinking about love and chocolate. For me, chocolate makes me happy and relaxes me. But some people, like my mom, get a little crazy on it. Let me preface this story by saying t...
If youre not a chocolate lover than A) I dont know if we can be friends and B) this dessert is for you. If youve had the Maple Walnut Blondie at Apple bees, this tastes just like it but better...
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