I need to take a minute to gush, here. And I mean gush and rave and jump up and down with excitement. What could get me so excited? CREAMY ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE!!! Oh. My. Goodness. This stuff is amazing and addicting and I think I am drooling on the key board. Can I…
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Preventing Picky Eating in Kids: The Baby and Toddler Years
I have a sweet little girl who is two. I wish you could all meet her. She is pretty awesome. She is silly, adventurous, curious, and funny. She loves to read, dance, visit new places, and show off for people. But most of all, she loves to eat! Stella has always been full of…
Deliciousness Across the Bloggosphere
I love cook books. I just love collecting them and flipping through them. One of my favorite things to do is sit down with a new cook book and put little tabs on all the recipes I want to try. I love cook books with lots of big, bright pictures. Perhaps that’s why I love…
Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies: Lace Hearts and Love Letters
I actually made these cookies quite awhile ago, but I have been waiting to post them because I think they are so perfect for Valentine’s Day. I actually made them for a book club that I attended. We read the book Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster. It was written in 1912 and it was…
Sunchoke Puree Veggie Panini
I am so excited to tell you about this amazing new discovery I made! Sunchokes are amazing! I didn’t even know what a sunchoke was until recently and I am absolutely smitten with them. It caught me off guard. I just love it when that happens. I love it when I try a totally…
Roasted Cauliflower Soup
If you read my last post, you know that I have been restricted to really mushy foods with no fiber or roughage. After a whole week of just consuming veggie and fruit juice, I slowly started to add real food back into my diet. I started with pureed vegetable soups. With the weather being below…
My Adventures in Juicing
Since my last post I did something I never thought I would do…I bought a juicer. My husband and I put together all of our Amazon gift cards that we got for Christmas and made the plunge. We were pretty excited to see this beauty on our doorstep (The box, not the baby. Although, she…
Christmas Break Recap: Amazing Chocolate Cake and Snowman Sugar Cookies
For the past three weeks I have been visiting home. I grew up in a winter wonderland: Welcome to the new year! If you are like me, you are probably thinking back on all the treats you ate during the holidays and thinking of ways to eat better this year. I usually eat pretty healthy…
Thanksgiving Round Up
Isn’t Thanksgiving the best? Its just so cozy. There is nothing better than sitting around in a warm home with friends or family and eating good food. And the next day, eating pumpkin pie for breakfast. Love it. This year, I am not really sure what I am doing for Thanksgiving. I might invite some…
Dark Chocolate and Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
I learned something about myself this week. When I am at stressed or frazzled, all I can think about is chocolate. My daughter has been cutting 3 teeth for the last few days and it has taken all my time and energy to keep her from crying. A few days ago she would not take…