This recipe makes a BIG batch of homemade bread and butter pickles. These can be made as refrigerator pickles, or they can be canned for later! Creating
Roasted Asparagus with Browned Butter and Almonds
Roasted asparagus gets a leg up on the basic side dish with a drizzle of nutty browned butter and the crunch of buttery marcona almonds. There's nothing
Thai Chicken Larb Lettuce Wraps
With the release of her latest cookbook, Steamy Kitchen's Healthy Asian Favorites, Jaden Hair once again shows us why she's one of the top dogs in the world of
Nectarine and Wisconsin Burrata Bite Crostini
This past weekend I allllmoooost could have posed as a hipster. If I was 15 years younger and dressed a whole lot cooler. I mean hipper. I mean I don't know
Grilled Artichokes with Garlic Butter and Friday Faves
This weekend is a biggie for one 8-year-old about to be 9-year-old in our house. Birthday time! If you’ve followed be for very long, you know my daughter Smudge
Spinach and Feta Hand Pies Plus Friday Faves
This Sunday marks the end of winter. Well, not officially by way of the calendar and moon, but our governing officials have deemed it the end of winter whites
Chicken Tzatziki Pizza
I’m always keeping an eye out for a nugget of inspiration to create a new recipe, whether it’s from a local restaurant, a TV show, old family favorites or from
Truffle Bacon Popcorn Plus 6 Savory Popcorn Recipes
There are three just-cooked scents that will put anyone’s flavor anttanae on high alert: Popcorn, bacon and chocolate chip cookies. You can smell 'em as soon as
Easy Entertaining with Harry & David
The wrapping paper and ribbons have made their way back into the holiday storage bins, the purple and gold polka dotted neck tie found its way back to the
Shrimp and Scallop Ceviche Stuffed Avocados
The most tasteful things in life are usually the simplest. And this dish is a shining example. After weeks of nipping at our ankles like border collies
Fig Spread and Cheese Crostini Appetizer + Korin Giveaway
Are you tired of me saying it yet? Talking about how much I adore salty paired with sweet? I hope not, because you're in for a big dose of it today. This
Friday Faves and a Harry & David Gift Basket Giveaway
I can’t start this post without first squeeling a gigantic, “THANK YOOOOOOUU!” to everyone who has taken time out of their busy holiday-preparing-lives, opened
Friday Faves and Pumpkin Gruyere Gougeres
The time is drawing near as we will soon be gazing upon the backside of the great pumpkin Charlie Brown. Does that mean the plethora of pumpkin recipes will be
Crab Salad Sweet Potato Chip Bites and a Virtual Baby Shower
There's nothing in the world that can bring a smile to one's face like seeing a new mama gaze wonderously at her newborn baby. The cliché is true, each and
Spooky Fried Mozzarella Eyeballs Plus 5 Scary Recipes
Last Halloween I was beyond impressed with the number of creative and scary recipes I saw bounding about the blogosphere. How do people come up with this
Pumpkin and Fried Sage Flatbread plus 5 Savory Pumpkin Recipes
Sometimes you just don’t have time to create a complicated meal. And sometimes you have the time and just don’t want to. Today was one of those
Cheesy Chorizo Caramelized Onion Dip Recipe
Boys will be boys. And boys like football. And cheese. And sausage. My husband, like so many guys out there and quite a few ladies with a penchant for
Friday Faves plus Grilled and Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
Oh man, it's happening. In just the past two days we've turned off the swamp cooler at night, I've noticed the change of the angle of the sun, and Monday is
Friday Faves and Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone Cheese
Soon I'll be heading north. Not for the great white chill of Alaska, but to Northern Utah for Peach Days. Peach season is right around the corner, and I
Friday Faves and a Craving for Pickled Jalapeños
The jalapeños made me do it. This past New Years Eve we were celebrating at my friend Mandy's house, doing those things that people do on that auspicious
10 Top Tomatillo Recipes and Roasted Tomatillo and Green Olive Salsa
I don't know why but within one day I've become surrounded by the soon-to-be-wedded. I spent part of last week watching a wedding photography seminar as I
Baked Peppered Ricotta Crostini with Roasted Tomatoes
I've been feeling a bit DIY these days. And I blame it all on fall. Homemade pizza dough, fresh baked bread from MY oven and even making tofu from scratch (a
Peach & Tomato Bruschetta Recipe
Baby toes, baby breath, baby kisses right in the crook of their fat, little, creased neck. The things I crave when I hear a friend is going to have a baby. So