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

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...

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...

The NC State Farmer's Market is busting at the seams with apples, apples, apples.  It is just such a  fall sight for my sick-of-summer e...

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...

THESE are one of my latest obsessions.  Obsession as in, we have had them several, SEVERAL times since my blogging-buddy and friend  Holly ...

Again, I am a wee-bit behind the ball on this one.  But I figure that if I was late trying them, even though they have been EVERYWHERE on th...

Talk about a yum-i-licious, ultra gooey dish-o-delish! I find lasagna it to be one of the upmost comfot foods whether it be a meat and mar...

...and by the Queen, I am talking the Queen of southern cooking, Paula Deen.  This dish does look somewhat royal to me with the use of the C...

For those of you who have made Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls , this is not a new recipe to you. However, if you haven't, they are...

My husband's favorite dish that he grew up with is his Mom's Beef Stroganoff.  In my opinion, you should just never try to re-make ...

Prepare for some one-pot lovin'.  This recipe is simply amazing and scrumptious!  As I am writing this, my mouth is literally watering ...