It seems that in the food blogging world (and ok, maybe the world in general) something a little obnoxious starts happening in early February. All of the food starts turning pink. Or red. Or covered in chocolate. Or becomes inexplicably heart-shaped.
When I friend requested that I come up with a recipe for the soup she loved at one of her favorite restaurants, I was all, “Heck yeah!” I love a good challenge, don’t you? The real challenge, however, is that this restaurant is in Arizona, …
Since I’ve been on such a roll with my old tried-and-true recipes, I figure I might as well just keep on truckin’. And it doesn’t get much better than this. This is recipe gold, folks. Cake. Chocolate Chips. Cinnamon Sugar. A big chunk of this …
I like to think of myself as adventurous in the kitchen. Apart from my recent cooking rut, I usually like to try a variety of new recipes, use new ingredients, come up with variations on old recipes. But there are some things that I always …
Do you ever stop and marvel at how quickly a year goes by? Sometimes I get caught up in the everyday of it all, only to be blindsided by the passage of months, whole seasons, then suddenly, a year. Before you know it, it’s been …
These days, if you’re looking at a recipe involving both pasta and cauliflower, chances are that it’s an attempt to turn the cauliflower into a sort of pasta substitute. I get it. People on gluten-free and low carb diets miss pasta. I would, too. That, …
My boys love peanut butter. Like, seriously love peanut butter. Between the two of them, we go through large jars of the stuff like it’s water. Now, I like peanut butter, but I can’t eat it for lunch every single day (like some toddlers I …
I’ll admit it. Despite my previous scorn for the tradition, I made a New Year’s Resolution this year. I know, I know. I’m still giving myself grief about it. But changes have to be made, and now is as good a time as any to …
I’m going to go ahead and admit defeat on a few different levels today. Just to make you guys feel better about yourselves. First, I took my Christmas tree down today. I know, you’re thinking that I’m really on top of it, Good job, Christina! …
Hi. I’m back. I took a little hiatus for a week or so there, because with the holidays and all, it was just too much. Too much fun, too much running around, too much gorging myself on festive holiday food. All that. And more. But …