I have a friend who patiently cleaned, peeled and cubed a fresh pumpkin and then selflessly gave me some. Scratch that, a TON! I would have never even thought of doing something like that! But now that I have it in my fridge the ideas are flowing. First, I roasted some [...]

Looking for something fun to do with sweet potatoes I came across this recipe on EatingWell. That's all I needed to see. The seed was planted. Today I decided to make my own version which barely resembles the original recipe. I needed to use what I had on hand which [...]

Ok, so I went a wee bit nuts on the produce this weekend. Literally all I see when I open my fridge is vegetables. Don't get me wrong, that's a GOOD thing, BUT I'm worried about some of it rotting before I get a chance to eat it. *Cue vegetable soup* Soup is a [...]

The husband is a wing FANATIC! So of course what is he preferred Super Bowl meal? And how do you normaly get wings? UGH. I'm SO tired of battling him on the EATING OUT thing! Instead, I convinced him to let me cook this year's Super Bowl food. My approach was a flavorful wings that [...]

My initial idea to use the remaining leftover Thanksgiving turkey was a white chili, but then I realized I didn't actually have any chilies, or peppers for that matter. So I'll call this a "stew" instead. Whatever it is, it was GOOD! I knew I'd be the only one eating it so I decided to [...]

There are a few meals that I forget about which make wonderfully easy, delicious family pleasing dinners. London Broil is one of them. London Broil is actually not a cut of meat although I always see packages of beef listed as such. I believe it's a cooking process. Generally I buy choice cuts that are [...]

Last night was taco night! I love family taco night. It's super fast and easy to make lighter and healthier by adding tons of veggies. You can check out some of my tricks by clicking here for my basic Taco Night post or click here to watch my taco night video. With the tacos I [...]

Confession time... I've been so busy with work and the conference that last week I barely had time to cook. We ate out a record breaking 3 nights in a row. I know, I know *hanging head in shame* but hey, I do my best. These things will happen. Well Saturday I was [...]

Remember waaay back when I said. . . "Apparently all I had to do was shove a beer can up a chicken’s a$$ to get him excited about dinner!" I may have been wrong. I'm not sure if it was the can of beer or the fact that I was serving him meat on [...]

It was a dinner-less day today. The whole family was out and about at different times. I went shopping. The husband took the little guy putt putt-ing. Then later the husband golfed while Ryan watched me run a 5k at a local winery. It was a really eventful day! By the time I got home [...]

Oh my WORD! I'm SO glad I made this even though I knew the husband and toddler would hate it. Have I mentioned the husband's unmanly trait of hating chili? Seriously I must be married to the only man in America who doesn't enjoy a bowl of chili. It's CHILI! Not only is he not [...]

I don't know what came over me this afternoon. I had a half pound of ground beef in the fridge, an empty stomach and a hankering to whip up something new. So I fired up the old interweb and saw this. Now I'm not going to claim I know anything about Moroccan food. [...]

I don't know WHAT came over me yesterday. I just felt like cooking ALL day. It started with the Tropical Pineapple Core Smoothie. Then the toddler and I made some Homemade Whole Wheat Thin Crust Pizza Dough for lunch. And the whole time I had this soup on the stove. I knew I was only [...]

I totally don't know what came over me this morning. I was hungry but I didn't have a big desire to cook yet i wanted something homemade, warm and satisfying. So I whipped this up with what I had on hand. Notice it required no produce prep. :) You could replace some of the spices [...]

I don't know what's up with me but I've been buying avocado. I don't like guacamole so I thought I'd try to come up with other ways to eat this healthy fruit (produce pick coming soon about it.) My first experiment , Avocado Lime Dressing, was tasty but this idea takes the cake. Here's the [...]

I knew I would have NO time to make dinner tonight so I grabbed a few cans and turned to my trusted Crock Pot. I have to admit, this is my new favorite veggie chili idea. I just threw everything in the pot and walked away. Next time I'll have a few more veggies [...]

Did I ever tell you guys how much I love bean dip. I mean really I LOVE it. I don't know if it's the texture or the spicy kick that gets me. All I do know... sit me down with a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of bean dip and I'm good for [...]

A lot of you know I’m a HUGE McDonald's Southwest Salad fan. It’s, by far, my favorite fast food salad.  The flavors are perfectly combined and, in my opinion, no dressing is necessary. So I set off to make a knock off home version. I wanted to for a while and [...]

Alright, I don’t know WHAT I was thinking. All I can say is my illness must have caused a momentary lapse of sanity resulting in me thinking I could actually cook an entire dish on video with a distracting toddler roaming around. Just be prepared for Diego sunglasses, tent talk, the Tabasco [...]

I’m tired of not being able to find Black bean dip in the stores. Am I the ONLY person who likes it or something? There only seems to be a few brands that carry it and not many stores stock it so those of us that like it are, for lack of [...]