The concept is all over Pinterest, pour eggs or egg whites over various veggies, meats & cheeses to make convenient & tasty individual breakfast cups that you can grab & eat all week long. I’m terrible about eating breakfast. Absolutely terrible. So the idea that I could premake some yummy breakfast-in-a-cup meals sounded great. Even […]
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Homemade Everything Bagel Steak Sandwich
You should know something before you roll your eyes at the thought of making homemade bagels… I have never made bread before. EVER. And I can admit why, I’m ok with saying it, I was scared. I was very scared of yeast. I have to activate it? And let it rise? Whaa? It just sounded […]
Cookie Butter Bars
I mean really, let’s break it down nice & simple. “Cookie” and “Butter” Need I say more? I believe I’ve mentioned Speculoo’s Cookie Butter before…it’s sinfully good. I’d say it tastes like a mix of cookie dough & gingerbread. They sell it seasonally at Trader Joe’s & this year I brinked on the bridge of […]
Slow Cooked Pork Roast with Apples & Onions
Sometimes I cook a meal that is insanely good. Often it has zero to do with my cooking skills. It’s more that somehow the culinary stars align…I don’t know if it’s the quality of the recipe, the nature of the produce or perhaps that day I didn’t get interrupted every two seconds by somebody who […]
Mermaid Cupcake Aprons…Whaaa?
This is what happens when you let your children pick their own fabric. You get mermaids mixed with cupcakes & polka dots. Somehow though, in some weird way, it kind of works, no? I’m such a sucker for my girls & I putting on our aprons to cook together. It’s so sappy sweet I could […]
Avocado Butter
I know, in the one picture it looks like, well, a dookie. But if you can get past that oddity you’ll be glad you did because this spread is the most buttery, velvety, rich yet light garnish you’ve ever had. Susan told me about how a friend had served her avocado butter on top of […]
Cheater’s Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings
I used How Sweet It Is’ recipe for the crock pot base but as much I desperately wanted to make biscuits from scratch it just wasn’t.gonna.happen. And you know what, I’m sure there’s something to be said for making them yourself but the can-o-biscuit-dough was pretty darn good if I say so & yes, I […]
15 minute tortellini soup
I was at a playdate with my girlfriends the other day & we were talking about how we all get sucked in to making ‘kid food’ at dinner. It’s such a slippery slope, make chicken nuggets or mac n cheese for your kids because they won’t eat what the adults are having & beware, you […]
Sweet & Savory Cranberry & Bacon Chili
Mmm, nothing says January like a big bowl of hot chili. I’ve been working on my signature chili recipe for years. I remember I first started when my BFF Brooke made a giant pot of amazing chili in our college apartment. I don’t know if it was because Chick-fil-a was closed after an all night […]
Beginner’s Salmon: Lemon Butter & Thyme
Everyone knows how good fish is for you but in reality a lot of my friends don’t cook it because they ‘don’t know how’. Come to think of it I was intimidated by the thought of cooking something that came with scales on it until I tried this salmon recipe of my mom’s. It’s a […]