Yesterday I was craving a super crunchy chicken sandwich. Like the kind you can get at KFC and Chick-Fil-A. I’m not crazy about the weird oil that most fast food restaurants cook with (mostly vegetable oil which is actually evil soybean oil. Not kidding. Look at the ingredients. 100% soybean oil. I was shocked!) I…
Ahhhhh, what a lovely, relaxing Mother’s Day weekend we had. I’ll be publishing a new “scenes” post soon. I can’t wait to share a bunch of pictures and tell you all about it. How did you celebrate? We spent the day at home on Sunday, after a fun, busy day in the cities on Saturday.…
Happy Cinco de Mayo, Lovelies! We’re celebrating the holiday with this new, amazing taco creation and margaritas, of course! I made it my mission to create a taco that captured all of the yummy flavors of the delicious bacon-wrapped jalapeno popper and this is it! I hope you love this recipe as much as we…
Ahhhhh, finally Friday! The sun is shining, and we’re headed to a fish fry over the border in Wisconsin. I’ve longed for days like these allllll winter, and they’re finally upon us. I made up a big batch of these toasty oven-baked chili cheese dogs for my grand girl Maddie’s birthday this past weekend. They’re…
Pretty, healthy, filling and refreshing all at once. This salad is perfectly suited for summer entertaining. The small, sweet shrimp are the star of the show! If you want to make this for a light main course, you may want to add another half pound of shrimp. 13.25 oz. medium size seashell pasta (I used…
By now you know I’m a taco fanatic. I always have corn tortillas on my farm table at all times, just in case the right fillings become available to create a new taco recipe. And they often do. This time I happened to have a bunch of pork left over from this awesome slow cooker…
If you’ve never heard someone make yummy noises while eating a cookie that you baked, then you aren’t using the right cookie recipe. note: this is that cookie recipe. You’re welcome. ~ preheat oven to 350 degrees F. ~ 2 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 (3.4 oz) box instant…
My daughter Andrea is an amazing mixologist and she created this sultry cocktail for happy hour today. She uses only the best ingredients and the end result is nothing short of outstanding. for one voodoo bloody mary: 2 Tablespoons jalapeno pickle juice OR pepperoncini juice 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 and 1/2 oz. Stoli vodka…
If you like sugar cookies you’re going to love love love this easy recipe. Sugar cookies in a cake pan! They’re moist, they’re sweet, they’re slathered in creamy, dreamy frosting! It doesn’t get better than this! for the cookies: ~ preheat oven to 375 degrees F. ~ 3/4 cup real, unsalted butter (no substitutions) 3/4…
I am sooooo darn excited to be working with the awesome company Food Should Taste Good. One of their reps contacted me and asked if I would like to develop some unique recipes using their chips, to which I replied an enthusiastic “YES!” She also asked if I would provide a drink pairing for each…