When I discover a tasty new recipe, all I want to do is share it with everyone. The recipe, that is. The actual meal I just want to eat it all myself. Sure, I’ll save a few bits for my husband. I’m generous like that. I’m feeling so generous right now, as I live and …
Easy Turkey Tacos
It’s time I confess something that’s quite embarrassing for a self-proclaimed foodie and resisting-rehab snobaholic. I’m (sometimes) a big ol’ cheater. Please don’t judge me. It’s just that, once in awhile, I need a break. I can’t be fabulous all the time, ya know? You deserve a break, too. In today’s world, it’s so hard …
Tangerine Beef Stir Fry with Green Beans and Sweet Red Peppers
“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Growing up, I was always bored by science. Maybe I was bored because, instead of learning, I spent my time playing the Paper Fortune Teller game. Every time the teacher turned her back, I was whispering about which boys were …
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Forget Your Diet Cookies
There are some things that are just worth the calories. Birthday cake. French fries. Alcohol. Oh, and pizza. My husband would kill me for forgetting that one. I think we’ve all had those feelings of guilt when we fall off the diet wagon. We’ve been “eating right.” We’re crunching on baby carrots while displaying that …
Breakfast Strata With Sausage, Artichoke Hearts, and Feta
There is nothing like waking up on a cold winter morning and having this steaming hot, comforting dish waiting for you. It’s like putting an electric blanket over your insides. Good morning, heaven. Half asleep, you pop it in the oven. It bakes while you watch fast-forward through Saturday Night Live skits wishing Eddie Murphy …
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Homemade Cranberry Sauce
This homemade cranberry sauce is so easy to make. It takes 20 minutes and has the perfect sweet and tart balance with the help of Granny Smith apples and fresh cranberries. A side dish that actually tastes like dessert? Done. Made. Eaten. I had never made homemade cranberry sauce before. That seemed like a task …
Snob In The City – Christmas in New York
With a busy holiday season of shopping, wrapping, decorating, and complaining how fast the holidays are approaching, I have not been in the kitchen much lately (barefoot or wearing my cozy Jessica Simpson slippers). I had plans of making holiday cookies (the cut out, decorated, pain in the butt type) – yeaahhhhh…not happening. It’s been …
Roasted Romanesco
Every fall, this thing haunts me as I stroll through the vegetables at the grocery store. What is it? And, more importantly, why do I want it so badly? Its freaky spikes had me intrigued. Finding out that this was an Italian vegetable was what pushed me over the edge and this strange beauty was …
Dark Chocolate Cookies
I need chocolate. My soul needs chocolate. My pants, however, do not need chocolate. Say it with me: “Shut up, pants.” Yeah, who needs pants? It never seemed to bother Donald Duck. So, let’s talk cookies. You know how you eat dessert sometimes and you’re eating it just to eat it? It’s not crazy good. …
How To Make The Christmas Vacation Turkey
Disclamer: Don’t try this at home unless you have a fire extinguisher and a good set of teeth. Sometimes, I’m not sure where my head is. When most people want to do something simple, tried, and true – I have to do it the hard way. Maybe I should change my name to Dee Griswold. …
Ultimate Chocolate Mousse
I think you’ll agree that consumption of this Ultimate Chocolate Mousse is almost like exactly like pumping chocolate through your bloodstream. Don’t worry, your heart can handle it. I hope. You’ll know it when your chocolate high kicks in. Oh yeah, baby. You’ll know it. Side story – just go with it… I don’t believe …
Grown Up Breakfast Sandwich
What did I tell you about eating cereal again for dinner? WHAT DID I TELL YOU? [finger pointing, looks of disapproval, horizontal head shaking] That’s me talking to myself in the mirror after I’ve downed 3 bowls of Lucky Charms because, honestly, I couldn’t stop. No way. Not happening. Secretly, I would just prefer it if …