Howdy from Austin! I have been gone FOR-EVER I know...packing, house hunting, moving, road tripping, hotel-ing.  Technically, I am still no...

...or Poor Man's Stir-Fry...or Exploded Eggrolls....I couldn't make up my mind as to what to name this dish. Whatever the name, it i...

FRIDAY!! Hip-hip-hooray!! For some reason, I have been a day ahead all week in my mind. I hate when I am so excited that it is Friday only t...

It is about this time of  year that I CAN'T WAIT for summer and grilling weather.  I am sick of the heavier-type comfort food and am r...

While I was looking through some of my favorite blogs for some recipes that were low carb/low sugar, I came across this gem from Amber of Th...

Yuuuppp!  HA!  Anyone who watches "Storage Wars" just said that in Dave Hester's nails on a chalkboard voice .  Anyway, back...

Super FAST and EASY recipe coming at you today....and of course, TOTALLY TASTY! In case you didn't know...panini is just fancy-talk for...

I don't know about you, but I am still recovering from Christmas and New Years...in fact, my tree and decor is still up (((gasp!)))  It ...

Happy 2012!  I trust you all had a wonderful New Year celebration.  As for us, we had a total chill-out, X-Box for the hubs, DS for the kidd...

We are back from Texas.....WHEW, what a trip!  I think I deserve an award or something for going on a 3-day-each-way road trip by myself wit...

I am this close to a trifecta my friends!  I present to you "Better Than Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana".  The name pretty much...

This combination worked beautifully, amazingly, and scrunptiously.  Seriously, don't even question this one, just try it! BBQ Chicken ...

Blogging has introduced me to so many wonderful people that I truly count as friends.  One of those friends I met VERY early in my blogging ...

It seems the older I get, the more unimpressed I get with restaurant food.  The concept is good, but somehow the execution just isn't th...

You all know how I feel about the Mexican food here in North Carolina.  It is simply horrendous.  Stuffing a Poblano Pepper with hamburger a...

Keeping it short and sweet today. These fancy-shmancy looking little numbers are as easy as they are scrumptious.  The filling is so adapta...

As we are preparing for our first hurricane experience which may or may not effect us, I have been drawn to comfy, homey dishes.  The kind o...

I took the kidlets to go see the Smufs this weekend, or as my 4-year old likes to call them, the Smurps.   It has inspired a song... ...

This isn't a new recipe...it has been around forever.  So, why has it taken me so long to try it?  Who knows...maybe it was the thought ...

Today, you not only get an amazing recipe, but a little of the food-history behind it.  In the 1960's, a Japanese chef took the love of...