Blueberry Challah Bread

It’s Saturday!  I don’t normally schedule posts for Saturdays because most people are out doing their Saturdayweekendfunfamilyandfriends type things and aren’t worried about recipes or what they are going to eat for the day.  But, just in case you’d like …

Chicken Marsala

My younger brother Jason attended Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts school in Atlanta.  He’s currently chefing it up in Manhattan as the sous chef for a large conference center that serves 1500+ people per day.  He has the pleasure of …

Baked Onion Rings

We spent a hot and steamy Memorial Day at a hot air balloon festival, eating delicious carnival food, listening to questionably good live music and watching our son enjoy the kid’s rides.  Most carnival food, if eaten out of context, …

Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream

I don’t need much coffee each day, but I am serious about the coffee that I do drink each morning.  My husband and I consider ourselves coffee connoisseurs (but we’re not).  Years ago we thought we had reached coffee perfection …

Roasted Veggie Pasta

I am a planner.  There are always a few plans for my life floating around in the back of my mind.  On a much smaller scale, I always enter each week with a plan for our meals that somehow brings …

Grilled Corn Tomato and Avocado Salad

I am sort of obsessed with simple to make but incredibly delicious food.  This little salad falls into that category.  It looks very innocent with its grilled corn, chunks of avocado and chunks of pearl tomatoes.  Don’t let appearances fool …

Quick Tip: Cooking Bacon

I am a recovering meat overcooker. Here’s another incredibly simple change that makes life so much easier, in the cooking bacon sense, at least.  And, best of all, it’s full proof for overcooking and burning. Do this: Preheat the oven …

Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps

Cheese quesadillas are my enemy.  They prance around in front of my child as the ultimate “safe food”.  Then, when anything else enters the picture that even remotely resembles a quesadilla, I hear “I want a cheese quesadilla.” or “I …

Strawberry Goat Cheese and Walnut Salad

Here in the southeast, we’ve been blessed with rain.  Not just a dumping of it now and then, but whole days of soaking rain followed by warm sun-shiny days.  For a gardener, this is the perfect combination for growing plants. …

Quick Tip: Perfectly Shredded Chicken

Truly, I used to hand shred or fork shred chicken for recipes, like chicken salad. I saw this tip and I was WOWed at how easy and fast this is. Try it once and you’ll for sure add it to …