Recently, I got an email from LG and T-Mobile…asking me to try out the LG G4…a brand new phone that hasn’t been released yet. First, we need to talk about my love of gadgets and shiny new…
Bacon Gouda Breakfast Sandwiches
I love breakfast and I try to not skip such an important meal. I love quick and easy meals! Cobblestone Bread Co. has a great new line of bagels and English muffins and asked me to share…
Coconut Almond Milk Tea Smoothies with Boba
I love boba and I love milk tea! It’s an obsession and I recently started working with Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk. It’s such a natural fit. Last year, I started buying their Almondmilk and love it. I…
French Toast Sticks with Maple Butter Dipping Sauce
You know me, I’m all about butter…that’s why I’m so happy to be on the Land O’Lakes Kitchen Conversations panel, for the third year! Yay! The first time I had French toast? My older sister, Quyen, made…
One Pot Penne Pasta with Tomato & Basil
I have seen so many one pot pasta dishes online and on pinterest and I have been wanting to try them forever. Especially, Martha Stewart’s recipe for one pot linguine pasta with tomato & basil! I have…
Shrimp & Bacon Fried Rice
When we first moved to the area where we live now, the first time I ordered Chinese take-out the fried rice was made with yellow rice. I experienced this at a couple of other take-out places and…
Le Creuset French Oven Giveaway
Thanks to Le Creuset for sponsoring this amazing giveaway! I love my French ovens…they often are sitting on my stove or my dining table ready to go. I use it to make soups, tacos, fried chicken and…
Coconut Tres Leches Cake // Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
I love cake as much as the next person. But I never thought I could love a cake as much as this one. Last month, I was invited to the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival at Walt…
Puppy Love #4
I miss doing these posts so I’m going to try to do these a few times a month. Just sharing pictures of my furbabies, stuff that’s going on and stuff that I love lately. 1. Oh Charley…lately….
Pan-Seared Scallops with a Gruyère Cheese Sauce
Can you believe this is the first time I have ever cooked scallops? I feel like this is the time I first made mussels at home…it’s so easy…and not sure why it took me so long to…
My Walt Disney World Experience // Food Blog Forum Orlando 2015
I have been a Walt Disney fan ever since I was a little girl. I actually moved to the Central Florida area in 1986. My early early memories were of Disneyland in California since I was born…
Mini Meyer Lemon Bundt Cakes
This post was originally published on December 21, 2011. I updated the photos and am sharing it with you again because I love this recipe so much! I make it at least twice a year when Meyer…
Brown Butter Pasta with Asparagus & Bacon
I’m so excited to be partnering with Land O Lakes for the third year in a row, as a Kitchen Conversations panelist. And even more excited to share with you their annual Pin a Meal. Give a…
Baked Cauliflower Macaroni & Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is my favorite…absolute favorite. And cauliflower, probably one of my favorite vegetables. I’m completely obsessed and love to eat it raw. So when Horizon® approached me to make a recipe with their mac &…
Savory Hand Pies for Pi Day!
Pi Day is March 14! 3.14…get it? I love hand pies, savory pies, sweet pies, all kinds of pies so I was thrilled when KitchenAid asked me to contribute once again to their amazing blog, The Kitchenthusiast,…
Fried Donut Strawberry Shortcakes
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the Florida Strawberry Growers Association and learn all about Florida strawberries. When I arrived, we were all talking about strawberry shortcakes and someone mentioned having one on a fried donut….
Tieks $100 Gift Card Giveaway (2 Winners)
I’m so excited, I’m so excited to share this wonderful giveaway with you! See below on how to enter.
10 Great Gifts for Valentine’s Day (and Birthdays too!)
Valentine’s Day is in two days…or if you have a family member or friend’s birthday coming up, I have some amazing gift ideas for you! So funny story, I told Curtis I was working on this post…
How to Freeze Cookie Dough
Do you ever get an urge for cookies late at night? In the middle of the day? I seriously. do. all the time. That’s why I always have frozen cookie dough in my freezer. When I make…
Beef Stroganoff with Buttered Noodles
I have a story to tell you about buttered noodles. I’m obsessed with them. When I was in high school, I actually worked at an assisted living facility and I worked in the dining hall. Every Sunday,…
Shrimp & Chive Dumplings
I have an obsession with ordering dumplings and potstickers when eating out…but over the last couple of years, a bigger obsession with making them at home. I freeze them for snacks, lunch, dinner, whatever. Along with cookie…
Sweet & Spicy Snack Mix
Snacks…snacks…snacks…I have to have them around, in my purse or carry on bag when I travel because I’m always hungry. I actually annoy the heck out of Curtis all the time because I’m always hungry. Hehe When…
Top Recipes of 2014 – your favorites!
It’s that time of year! I hope you and yours have had a nice holiday season. I’m coming out of my cold (sick) cave and am a few days late sharing this…but better late than never! 2014…
25 Amazing Cookie Recipes and a KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway
Cookies cookies cookies. I love them so much. It’s the holidays and I love baking them…but all. year. round. And sending them to friends too! I’m sharing 25 amazing cookie recipes with you…check them out and keep…