Oven Roasted Vegetables
Our family's new favorite way to get our veggies is by roasting them! It brings out a different level of flavor than just boiling or microwaving them. Toss in olive…
I love Aldi’s
Dear Aldi's - I love you! Thank you. Thank you for promptly responding to my feedback about one of your bread products. Less than twenty four hours after I sent…
Chewy Brownies via America’s Test Kitchen
Dave mentioned he wanted to make brownies again. (He's searching for the holy grail of chocolate brownies - not cake-like but moist and fudgy.) Dave asked me to help out…
Necronomicon Cake meets Diesel Sweeties @rstevens
I love Twitter, for a multitude of reasons. One of them is simply reaching out to someone you don't know over something as silly as the Necronomicon. This quick little…
Homemade Yogurt (I made it, and you can too!)
My latest kitchen experiment has been homemade yogurt. I've made it four times already and with the exception of the first batch (fail), it's all turned out perfectly! Once you…
Sliced Pork and Vegetables with Ramen and Asian style broth
Straight from the kitchen to my blog. Cooking doesn't have to be difficult, sometimes you just have to keep taking chances and voila - cooking for yourself can be really…
Sistema Lunch Cubes on Sale at Aldi’s: Week of 1/16
Quick! I actually squealed when I saw the Sistema Cubes on sale at Aldi's this week. They're a great way to ease into making lunch for your family! If part of…
Spicy Asian Noodles made with SunButter
Hungry for asian food, so what do you do? Scour the pantry and buy a cucumber! This is a summer favorite of ours but it is perfect warm or cold,…
Attempting Homemade Yogurt
Attempting homemade yogurt. This will either turn out very bad - sour milk, or super yummy and cheap yogurt! For now, the yogurt is incubating inside a warmed crockpot under…
Chateau Ste Michelle – Columbia Valley Riesling 2011
We love wine in our house and one of the first wines we ever shared was a Riesling back in college. It rarely fails to disappoint and it goes with…