Creamy Wild Rice Soup

After a “spring” like January with temperatures ranging in upper 60’s to lower 40s, I had pretty much written off every weather person that predicted this winter was going to be “the worst winter we’ve ever seen”.  I may be on my own island out here, but I actually like winter. I like seeing all four […]

Creamy Wild Rice Soup Read Post »

Citrus Butter Cookies

I decided to do something so bold, so earth shattering this past Valentines Day, I was almost to embarrassed to post about it. I had to wait nearly two months to come out with my big secret, but I summoned up the courage to tell you. I didn’t make one chocolate recipe for Valentines Day. Not one.

Citrus Butter Cookies Read Post »

Maple Bacon Skillet Corn Bread

We’re celebrating our Thanksgiving dinner tonight,  I’ve been having fun baking up some of the traditional turkey day dishes over the past couple of days for our big feast tonight. However, this was my third batch of corn bread because I just could’t love the first two recipes I tried, so I finally decided to

Maple Bacon Skillet Corn Bread Read Post »

S’Mores Brownies

I love brownies lately. Well, actually, I don’t know what I mean by lately there….I actually always love brownies, like in a Whitney Houston – Kevin Costner type of love….too old a reference? Maybe what I should have said is I lust after brownies lately…which is NOT a good thing when trying to drop some pounds.

S’Mores Brownies Read Post »

Cool Creamy Cucumber Salad

Memorial Day weekend…typically we would have been spending the day today preparing the pool for another summer of fun. While we did indeed spend a lot of time outside today, the majority of it was spent wearing hoodies, jeans, or my weekend attire, yoga pants. Yes, I pretty much live in them on the weekends.

Cool Creamy Cucumber Salad Read Post »

Color Me Cake

I wish I could take credit for this idea…but I cannot. I am not sure who looked at cake batter and decided to experiment with the ways it is poured…but a pat on the back for you sir or madam. It’s kind of like the guy who looked at a cow and said..”whatever is in

Color Me Cake Read Post »

Hot and Cheesy Crab and Artichoke Dip

Arrrggghhh….isn’t the definition of insanity doing the same exact thing over and over again expecting different results? Every week and weekend I draft this list in my mind of all the things I am going to accomplish…organize the upstairs linen closet…write 3-4 blog posts to get ahead of the game…..ZUMBA….Insanity….clean the house and have it

Hot and Cheesy Crab and Artichoke Dip Read Post »

Scroll to Top