Spaghetti Puttanesca
This weeks Food Network Chef Challenge hosted by I blame my Mother, is Jaime Oliver. Jaime hosts the show The Naked Chef, featuring a “stripped down” style of cooking. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his show before, but the concept sound very interesting. He has a huge list of recipes and it was hard […]
Cherry Mini Cakes
I love making and creating sweet little treats to share with loved ones on Valentines day. DT requested that I make a strawberry cake, or red velvet cupcakes or even a flour-less chocolate cake and ice cream (all of which I made last year, obsess much??) But see I’ve done all of those and while […]
Menu Plan Monday
Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the Superbowl, admittedly I didn’t even watch, who won?? Anyways, Valentines day is this weekend (Sunday in case it slipped your mind) and in our household its a big deal!!! Well not really but we do love getting each-other something sweet or DT loves when I bake […]
Xagave Giveaway Winner
The Xagave Winner is True Random Number Generator Min: Max: 42 Result: 2 “Reneé February 1, 2010 at 7:18 am [edit] I haven’t tried it yet, but it sounds like something I need to look into! P.S. For a YUMMY modification on your carrot cake icing, try swaping orange juice for the lemon juice and […]
Winter Garden week 16
This unusually cold winter of ours has not done the best for our garden, and it shows. I admit by the first glance at our garden it looks pretty pitiful. Small and overgrown with weeds. But when you look closer there are some wonderful veggies growing in there, for instance this cauliflower, its about the […]
Meet the Newlyweds Tom and Candice
Lets Meet the Newlyweds Tom and Candice. Candice has a fun slightly quirky blog called Bookish Penguin. Why the name you ask, Candice explains it here. She is an avid reader as well as a college professor. Not only that but she has a list of 366 things she loves about Tom, now that is […]
Pesky the Amazing Chicken
We have chickens. As most of you know I like to write a little about my chickens every now and then, and I am amazed at how much we have bonded. They each have names (all 6 of them) and I can even Identify the chicken by the egg they lay. Because as you […]
Sweet Potato Oven Fries with Avocado Dip
This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Ingrid Hoffman. Ingrid hosts the food network show Simply Delicioso, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen an episode. But her style is everyday foods with a latin twist. I can dig that. Just like these sweet potato fries, with an avocado […]
Chicken Corn Chowder
A long lost recipe that I am so glad I found the other day. My Mom had this soup at a luncheon once and got the recipe and we’ve been making it ever since, well probably not for a few years, but its back and I am happy. This recipe is super easy and […]
Carrot Pineapple Cake
This giveaway is closed. Winner announced here. Just a few short weeks ago I had never heard of Agave Nectar before, I just ate plain regular white sugar. But after DT and I went on our sugar and gluten free diet, I dove right into natural sweeteners like Agave nectar. Agave (if you not familiar) […]
