Although I’m very grateful for the home we are renting while we’re in transition, I do wish we had more sunlight shining in through our windows.  If you have a food blog, you more than likely understand the importance of natural lighting for food photography.  Even if we did have a good source of natural [...]

My sister, Angie, was my inspiration to start cooking.  She is an amazing cook and really knows how to put things together.  Once in a while she’ll contribute to my food blog when, in actuality, she should have her own!  But, I’m grateful to share some of her tried and true recipe adventures when she [...]

We had a few friends over for Election Night last Tuesday.  It was a last minute arrangement, so I needed to make something that included ingredients I already had on hand.  I picked up a Family Circle magazine the other day and it has this Pumpkin-Spice Bundt recipe.  Since I didn’t have cranberries, I substituted [...]

I won these fabulous measuring spoons on Blake Makes.  They came from Little Spoon and Big Spoon, or otherwise known as the Spoon Sisters.  Are you a gift giver?  Then you must check out the Spoon Sisters, as they round up many creative gift ideas to post on their site.  Now is the best time, [...]

The last recipe (finally) that I’ll share from our annual BYOP party on October 25th.  These little bites were quick to put together and also quick to exit the plate as everyone loved them! Cheesy Chicken and Artichoke Bites (Pillsbury Bake-Off Magazine, May 2008) Ingredients: 2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dinner rolls [...]