There’s a certain beauty in simple ingredients. Sharp bursting tomatoes, peppery, licorice flavored basil, fragrant savory garlic, pasta and the tang of dry white wine. When you can blend these ingredients into a fresh, simple, delicious pasta dish that’s easy to make and prepared in under 30 minutes… it’s even better. Pampered Chef sent me…
[donotprint] I had the most amazing time at BlogHer and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the beauty of the women that I met. My mind is still reeling but there will be posts to come to show and hopefully put words to the emotions and excitement that have my heart bursting at…
I love potatoes. LOVE THEM! I grew up eating them twice baked, mashed, fried, hashed, roasted, chopped, seasoned, baked, twirled and pretty much any other way you can think up to prepare them. I have a firm belief that the perfect baked potato exists – crispy skin, fluffy, hot, slightly soft insides. The perfect french…
Need a quick and easy snack for kids? Something portable, small hands friendly, and something that you feel good about giving to your kids? These fruit kabobs are one of my kids’ very favorite summer snacks. The great thing is these are also super lunchbox portable, too! Whatever your family’s favorite fruits are, those…
This is one of the Kraft/Sam’s recipes and it’s delicious. (the original recipe can be found here, this is my slight adaptation of it) I think, that it may be mine and Nathan’s favorite recipe from this project. It’s simple, delicious and filling. The combination of crunchy, salty crackers, spicy, fresh salsa and gooey cheese…
This recipe came from my Kraft Two Week Dinner Planner, but the recipe that I’m going to share with y’all is my own take on it. If you want the original, then you can download your own two week dinner planner here Almost Pasta Carbonara 1/2 lb medium size pasta, I use multi-colored farfalle because…
Easy and Delicious Meatloaf made in Muffin Tins So y’all know that I’m doing the Two Weeks of Recipes with Sam’s Club and Kraft and this recipe is so fabulously DEELISH that I had to share it with you. This meatloaf recipe is so simple to make, and it is just awesome! I have a…
Baked Potatoes, Cheese, Ranch Mix, Cheese, Bacon… This loaded baked potato dip has all your favorite baked potato ingredients, in handy finger food form. Bring this to your next football gathering, birthday party, Saturday afternoon cookout – it will be an instant fan favorite. My best friend had her house warming tonight and the most…
One of my very favorite must reads is TexasHolly she is a sassy mom to 3 boys, a stick figure artist and last but not least, fellow Texan. She writes brilliantly about her coccyx and her fruit bowl and she runs a North Texas mom site that makes me wish I lived in North Texas….
Just one bite of this beautiful, light, fluffy, tonguegasmic cake and you’ll understand immediately why I’m calling it a Sunshine Cake. This is super simple, a GREAT recipe to make with the kids and the absolute perfect treat for those hot summer days. Sunshine Cake adapted from a Jello box recipe 1 (20 oz) can…
I couldn’t get the perfect picture of this dish because it was devoured before I realized that the pictures I took, weren’t what I wanted. This is what I made for our anniversary (8 YEARS! Yay Us!) It is plate lickable, tonguegasmically, spoon sucking, fork twirling good. 2 lbs peeled and deveined large shrimp 1…
Tonguegasmic is truly the only word that describe this dish. Spicy, smoky, savory, fresh, aromatic, flavorful, bursting… I could go on and on. I had another dish set to share for today’s Mouthwatering Monday post and then I made this and since I had to restrain myself from Scooby Doo licking of my plate, this…