Chausson a la Volaille and French Cooking Classes"Chausson a la Volaille"During this time I've been taken classes of French cuisine and I just learned this recipe last week. I love it! And one of the reasons, besides the "Delisious Taste", the first (read full article)

5 Days of Cheese: Cheddar

If you're a fan of cheese, and if you've been following our "5 Days of ..." series, you're gonna love this week's theme: 5 Days of Cheese! It hardly seems fair to restrict such fabulousness to only five days, but we'll do the best we can to cover som (read full article)

Berry Recipe Rewind

I'm gearing up for the Step Away from the Chips challenge that starts Monday so I don't have a new berry recipe but I wanted to highlight a few I've already made. Strawberry & Peach Raw Ice Cream How I celebrated National Ice Cream Day. Vanill (read full article)

Hoisin Marinated Grilled Pork Chops

This recipe combines two of my favorite things Asian flavors and grilling.  Hoisin sauce is one of those things you either love or you hate.  It has a strong assertive flavor.  I love Hoisin and use it all the time in stir-fries.  (read full article)

Kitchen Remodel-Part Two

We are well into our kitchen remodel.  We have gotten a lot done, but it still seems like it is taking forever:) I know the end result will be worth it so I am trying to be patient, but patience has never been my strong point..ha! Luckily, Josh is (read full article)

A Kid’s Dream Come True: Pick Out All The ‘Cool Candy’ You Want.

‘Pick out all the Candy you want’ is what I said to my Chef Nieces, Baliee and Lexi from Kids in the Kitchen — It would’ve been a dream come true for me as a kid.  I still love Candy and Cost Plus World Market has the best (read full article)

Tasty Tuesday!

"No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness." -Sheik Abd-al-KadirHello! As I am sitting here the sun is streaming through my window saying, "WAKE UP!" However, I cannot seem to do that today. Several night of poor sle (read full article)

Every Sweet Shoppe needs it's own Village- Fun Party Detail in the works!

So as i attempt to distract myself from my contractions i decided to build a village... haha. if this doesn't break my water i don't know what will! ;)  i'm now 70% effaced, 2cm dilated. the doctor said that with this progressio (read full article)

Fudgy Chocolate Tarts

Last week I got to visit my friend Karin for a few days in Texas. As soon as we arrived, the kids ran off to play and she and I got to spend many hours catching up. Karin is one of my dearest friends. She's kind, loyal, a wonderful mother and wife a (read full article)

Saturday Morning Tea on Sunday

On this hazy summer morning in my pleasantly cooled kitchen, I’m lazily sipping a Chinese green tea called Chun Mee. Traditionally, the Chinese have always been quite fond of rolling the tea leaf into various shapes and then naming the tea acc (read full article)

Mix, Blend, Stir, Fold, Whisk, Cancer

One of the things I enjoy most about cooking is that it can be all at once both ordered and precise yet at the same time fluid and creative. Hence, if you were to follow a given recipe correctly you can be quietly confident that in no time at all you (read full article)

Verlaque Contest - I chose not to cook at all!

My first taste of Verlaque products I had at the Food and Wine Show of  2007. I was fascinated with all the different flavors, splashes and infused balsamic reductions. At the time, my favorite without a doubt was the Lemon Olive Oil & Goose (read full article)

Watch My Weight Wednesday! Meet Ally!

Welcome to Watch My Weight Wednesday! Today I would like to introduce Ally from Sweet and Savory!  I absolutely love Ally's Blog!  She makes the most yummiest food and takes such lovely pictures of her recipes!  Today Ally has off (read full article)

Friday Follies: What’s the Strangest Thing You Ever Ate?

I don’t know what the fascination is with strange food. There are so many wonderful dishes I haven’t had yet (and in some cases, are not likely to ever get around to trying) that I don’t go out of my way to eat Strange Stuff. The a (read full article)

Watch My Weight Wednesday! Meet Lynda!

Welcome back to another Watch My Weight Wednesday! Today's Guest Poster is Lynda author of Taking Less Space. Please visit her blog! She describes her blog as her "quest to be more fit, healthy, strong, and less fat".  A sometimes sarcas (read full article)

carrot cake sandwich cookies with cream cheese frosting filling

carrot cake sandwich cookies with cream cheese frosting fillingin the past few months i have learned a couple things ...- i love blogging- i have very little time to do it well- i need to accept these truthsfor those of you who are regular readers of (read full article)

3 Easy Homemade Snacks

The vending machine and I have been in a love triangle with a local fast food restaurant lately. If I'm not with one, I'm with the other. Sometimes...I like to enjoy them together.  Sometimes..one is enough. Sometimes the temptation is so strong (read full article)

cheesy bacon muffins

I don’t know about you, but I always have a few hunks of cheese and rashers of bacon knocking about in the fridge. Last week, instead of just tossing them between two slices of bread or throwing them in some mysterious pasta bake as per usual, (read full article)

Being a Single Married Lady May Not Be Easy but It’s ALWAYS Interesting!

Being a trucker’s wife puts me in a unique spot. Something I often refer to as being a Single Married Lady! I have a spouse. A companion. Soul mate. A better half and confidant. And some days a sparring partner. lol I have someone to consult ho (read full article)

Temptation Thursday!

"A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it."-Aldous Huxley Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful week! I certainly am! As I sat down to work on this post I was thinking of several (read full article)