For Baking and Cooking and sharing your favorite flavors and treats with loved ones. This Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting is one of my favorite treats to make for absolutely no reason at all, except that it’s the holiday season and during this time of year I find myself unable to resist…
Happy Friday, y’all. It’s Black Friday… I hope y’all survived. I’m totally curious as to how many of y’all are cruising on no sleep because you’ve been in line for Black Friday deals or online for Black Friday deals. Do y’all Black Friday shop? Do you stay home and bask in tryptophan induced euphoria?? Now…
Happy Wednesday, y’all! Welcome to Day 19 of I Hope y’all have been enjoying all the deliciousness that these wonderful guest posters have been sharing! Today’s delightful guest poster is Lisa, from The Bearfoot Baker – isn’t that a cute name? Lisa’s blog is full of gorgeous photography, yummy recipes and tons of wonderful tips!…
My husband is an amazing man. He’s kind, he’s funny and he’s patient. He puts up with all my craziness in the kitchen, he’s the best guinea pig ever. When I present him with dishes that include his least favorite ingredients – peas or tomatoes, he tries them. When our kitchen looks…
There are many recipes that invoke powerful memories by their mere taste and smell, homemade granola is one of those recipes for me. The scent of homemade granola whisks me back to childhood and bare feet, kiddie pools, crayons and laughter. I’ve shared my own somewhat adapted homemade granola recipe with y’all before and…
I’ve been to New Orleans several times. The first was with Nathan when I was pregnant with Princess. The second was for Mom 2.0, where I had my first experience with a John Besh Restaurant. Oh. Em. Gee. I do not say that lightly. Oh. My. Good. Giddy Aunt. If you have an opportunity to…
How is it Sunday already? Where did the weekend go? I am SO not ready for Monday! While I stomp my feet and pretend that it’s Saturday, here are a few of my favorite things from the internet and this past week: From Pinterest: 28 Things Your Friends and Family Need To Hear You Say…
This One Pan Chicken and Rice Bake aka No Peek Chicken is one of the most comforting foods, as well as one of the easiest to make in my comfort-food-kitchen arsenal. It’s savory and crunchy and tender and delicious and easy and yummy. This recipe came from my Granny’s recipe box. I really wish that…
Peanut Butter is one of those ingredients that you either love or hate. I’ve never met someone who’s ‘meh’ about peanut butter While I was growing up, Peanut Butter was not an ingredient in anything other than cookies, sandwiches and occasionally, if you were wild and crazy… cheesecakes or brownies. We are…
You know those days when you’re roaming through an airport and you feel completely and totally lost? If you travel a lot you know what I mean. You start to forget where you are, which state, which airport, which day of the week it is. This past week in the Portland airport, I had a…
iPhone only photos in a dark kitchen in the evening, I promise to make and photograph these nachos when I get back from Oregon next week! Have you heard of Italian Nachos? I’ve seen them mentioned on restaurant menus before, but I’m a Texan.. and to me, Nachos are crisp deep fried tortilla chips smothered…
Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday, Dear 34. Happy Birthday to me 🙂 Today, August 7th, is my 34th birthday, and I think that every girl should celebrate her summer birthday with a tonguegasmically delicious, creamy, tangy, perfectly perfect summer dessert. I don’t know about y’all… But for me, Lemonade…