When we think of comfort food, we sometimes think of buttery, beefy, potatoey, or cheesey dishes often slaved over on the stove or in the oven. But sometimes comfort food can be linked to a memory or…
Guy Fieri’s Red Rocker Margarita Chicken
Red Rocker Margarita Chicken (tequila marinated grilled chicken sandwich) recipe from Guy Fieri’s new cookbook, Guy Fieri Food: Cookin’ It, Livin’ It, Lovin’ It.
Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
This past weekend, we had our Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale as part of the National Food Blogger Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength. I’m pleased to announced that we raised over $1300!!! Considering our…
Braised Beef Short Ribs with Tortelloni in a Marsala Cream Sauce (Slow Cooker Recipe)
I had beef short ribs for the first time at Olive Garden. They have this wonderful dish called Braised Beef & Tortelloni. It’s been at least a few years since I first had this dish and I…
Classic Roast Beef and Smashed Potatoes from Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love Cookbook
When I was asked if I would like to receive a copy of Cristina Ferrare’s new cookbook Big Bowl of Love to review, I said YES! Cristina is host of the show Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of…
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken lettuce wraps, I have had them in restaurants and have always wanted to make them. When I received a nice little package from the National Honey Board, I checked out their website and they have tons…
Beef Tenderloin Filet Skewers with Dubliner Cheese Sauce
I love a challenge…Emily from Ultra Epicure challenged me to a Kerrygold throwdown! I love Emily I met her at Food Blog Forum Atlanta last year. She sat in front of me and we had fun chatting…
Beer Marinated Beef Fajitas
A couple of years ago, I went to Austin, Texas and had some amazing food from Chuy’s. I still think about the beef fajitas I had and have always been on the hunt for a recipe. Unable…
Guest Post on SteamyKitchen.com – Red Velvet Cheesecake Pops
I’m really excited, I’m guest posting on SteamyKitchen.com today…so hop on over there and check out how to make my red velvet cheesecake pops!
Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs Slow Cooker Recipe
Enter in the giveaway for America’s Test Kitchen’s Slow Cooker Revolution cookbook – the recipe below came from this book! I LOVE beef short ribs. It all started when I had a pasta dish at a restaurant…
Some Great Super Bowl Snacks
Isn’t there a huge game this weekend? Here’s a bunch of tasty food that I intend to make while we watch the game, well more the commercials than the game. We don’t watch football and every year…
Wilton’s Pops Blogger Contest
Cake pops are really popular! I haven been wanting to them for a while. Then, Wilton came out with their new book and I heard about Wilton’s contest…and ooh they were sending out Pops kits to the…
Holiday Recipe Exchange: Slow Cooker Short Rib Ragu
Come join the fun at the My Baking Addiction and GoodLife Eats Holiday Recipe Swap sponsored by Le Creuset. Voting is now open, I hope you’ll vote for me! I’m #5 and voting ends on Dec. 19….
Roasted Zucchini and Eggplant Lasagna
Let’s just say I love lasagna. I have been disappointed that we can’t have lasagna lately because of my husband’s lactose intolerance (of course I asked his permission before I posted this). His intolerance is more towards…
Kitchen-Play and wonderful Grilled Shrimp, Mango & Guacamole Bites
I’m a huge fan of Kitchen-Play and what Casey is doing! A wonderful way for food bloggers to connect to sponsors and have fun in the kitchen! When I saw this month’s menu, I had to try…
Black Beans and Rice con Pollo
As you can see, it’s been way too long since I have posted! I have been really, really busy, so busy that sometimes we eat dinner at 9:30 at night! Even though I’m so busy, I really,…
Gourmet S’mores
Need I say more? You don’t even know how excited I was when Casey from TasteStopping emailed me and told me I had won a gourmet s’mores kit from RegionalBest.com. You see, I really really wanted to…
Chicken Fajitas
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Hope you have a very happy Cinco de Mayo! Chicken fajitas are so tasty. We love getting them when we go out to eat but I think it’s tastier and…
Grilled Shrimp
Be sure to use a clean piece of foil for your cooked shrimp. You won’t believe how easy these grilled shrimp are. I went looking for an easy recipe when my husband said he would like to…
Pan-Seared Steaks
This recipe is inspired by a Cook’s Illustrated recipe. It’s very easy! I have only made this in a cast iron skillet so I hope you have one. My sister, Connie, got me one this past Christmas…
Spiedies
Spiedies, have you ever heard of them? I never had until I bought an America’s Test Kitchen Best of 2010 magazine issue. According to the magazine, they are upstate New York’s best kept secret. They are so…
Breakfast for Dinner – Crepes
We love to have breakfast for dinner! I recently made crepes for dinner. I have vivid, wonderful memories of my older sister, Quyen, making us crepes for breakfast. I am not only inspired culinarily by my mother…
Cheese, Tomato & Tofu Sandwich with Avocados
My sister has asked for vegetarian options on my blog and here’s another one. I wanted to try to make this sandwich when I had it at place called the Manatee Cafe in St. Augustine. I went…
Pasta Fazul
I have made the move over to WordPress from RapidWeaver. I had to manually copy and paste the old posts over and the comments will be moved over soon as well. I like it much better, WordPress…
