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…
Go Savor Culinary Retreat in Savannah, Georgia
This past weekend (March 11-13, 2011), I was very fortunate to join in a Go Savor culinary retreat in Savannah, Georgia, their first one! What a perfect setting, beautiful Savannah. I had an awesome time, had wonderful…
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…
Food Blog Forum is Coming to Orlando on April 9th
I’m really excited to say that Food Blog Forum is coming to Orlando! After much convincing, bothering and tweeting, Jaden of SteamyKitchen.com agreed to have a Food Blog Forum seminar in my hometown of Orlando, Florida on…
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…
Five Fabulous (Food) Bloggers
Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish! I’m excited…
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…
Happy New Year and 2010 in Review
It’s been quite a year…I started this blog a little over a year ago. I attended Food Blog Forum in September, walked almost 60 miles in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure in October, won…
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….
A Blogiversary and Frosting for the Cause
I’m really excited, December 7, 2010 is my official one year blogiversary! I can’t believe that it’s been almost a year since I started the little kitchen. I want to thank you if you have been reading…
Best Stuffing Recipe
I have been using this recipe for five years now since I found it on allrecipes.com and my family loves it. My sister, who attends law school in Boston, can’t make it down every year for Thanksgiving and she makes it for her boyfriend and his parents. This has become a family favorite and I really can’t imagine having any other stuffing.
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…
A Haunting Halloween Cake, Wilton-style
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Wilton Industries, Inc. in conjunction with the Kitchen Play Halloween SideCar Series. I was provided Wilton products to help me create this project and share with you. I received no monetary…
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,…
A Lion Birthday Cake
This is the first time I have ever made a smash cake. I made this cake for a friend Angela‘s daughter. I had made her baby shower cake too so I thought it would be fun to…
Graduation Cake
I recently made a graduation cake for my cousin, Wendi. I wanted to try a cake that resembled books and I went looking for a tutorial online. I found a wonderfully detailed tutorial at The Frosted Cake…
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…