About one year ago, I made a promise to my best friend, Sean, that I would bake him special Phillies cupcakes if his beloved team ever made it to the World Series. At the time, I wasn’t a Phillies fan myself, and unfortunately, the Phils didn’t make it to the Series last year. Here we […]

It’s been a pumpkin kind of week around here. I’m so glad that Kelly picked out Dorie’s recipe for pumpkin muffins – I’ve been itching to do some baking with pumpkin puree. I fiddled with Dorie’s recipe a little bit, replacing one cup of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat. I also omitted 1/4 cup […]

This weekend, Nick and I went pumpkin picking for the first time. With Nick away at USAFA for most of our relationship, we were never able to enjoy Autumn together. This year, we took advantage and went on our first pumpkin picking adventure. Nick was very specific about our pumpkin. My plan was to carve […]

Apparently, I’m on a smoky-spicy kick. I made two back-t0-back recipes with this description: this Smoky-Spicy Sweet Potato Soup and yesterday’s Smoky-Spicy Tamale Pies. I found this soup recipe in Rachael Ray’s October magazine. I’ve always liked butternut squash soup and pumpkin soup, so the recipe was right up my alley. The soup’s spicy notes […]

My husband and I both love Mexican food, so I decided to try out this recipe for Smoky-Spicy Tamale Pies from this month’s Cooking Light Magazine. The commissary on base doesn’t always have the right ingredients, so I substituted ground turkey for ground chicken in this recipe. The flavor of the pie filling was true […]

Part of the reason I got into food blogging was because I spent so much time looking at other food blogs. Lately, my Bloglines feed has been overflowing with wonderful blogs. Some blogs I’ve been following for a while, others I found more recently through Tuesdays with Dorie. My Big Three: Tastespotting– LOVE this site. […]

This is a meal you don’t even have to think about. Say hello to Martha’s Spicy Apricot Chicken. Three ingredients: chicken, apricot jam, red pepper flake. Stick it under the broiler. Add some rice and a something green, and you’ve got a well-rounded meal. Great on nights like these when you’ve got to get dinner […]

Tuesday is becoming my favorite day of the week. Tuesdays with Dorie is such a lovely excuse to expand my baking horizons. This week’s recipe was chosen by Gretchen from Canela & Comino. This was my first biscotti experience. I was a little thrown off by the odd consistency of the dough, but it turned […]

We’ve all had those nights where we have no idea what we want to make for dinner. In this case, I had ingredients for a few different recipes, but I wasn’t in the mood to make any of them. I noticed the tortillas, ground beef and scallions, and my mind started wandering toward Mexico. I […]

I love to cook, but sometimes my other loves can get in the way during meal time. On Friday night, it was my Phillies in Game 2 of the NLCS. Knowing that I would not want to be in the kitchen, I decided to go for this soup recipe from the latest EveryDay with Rachael […]

Usually, I save pancakes for the weekend. But this morning, my husband asked for them specifically and I couldn’t say no. It didn’t hurt that just yesterday I found this recipe for whole wheat pancakes in Ellie Krieger’s book, The Food You Crave. Her book is full of healthy recipes, nutritional information and tips about […]

Don’t get me wrong – I love Autumn – but there are some things about summer that should really stay around all year. Smoothies are delicious and easy to throw together. This weekend, two of my best girlfriends, Erin and Liz, came to share smoothies with me. Here’s all you need: Frozen or fresh bananasYogurtOther […]