tastebuds

Hey friends! I am back from Chicago and had a fabulous time at the Healthy Living Summit! The sponsors did a great job providing us with balanced and nutritious meal[...]

I was going through old pictures today and came across a bunch that I took for a post way back in February. Homemade marshmallows! Looking back, that post was approp[...]

Some like it hot – and I definitely do!  I have always been a big fan of adding some spice to food (although I don’t like adding too much because the meal still[...]

Let me set the all too familiar scene: You are pushing your grocery cart around the grocery store doing your weekly shopping.  You are determined to buy a whole bun[...]

Let’s play a little word association game. Ready? When I hear the word “summer” I think of barbecues and picnics.  And when I hear the words “barbecues and[...]

This is how “meal planning” often goes in our house: Derek:  “I picked up some chicken souvlaki/thai sausages/pork chops” for us at the market.” Me: “Oo[...]

When I go grocery shopping I ALWAYS buy cucumbers.  Not sure why. Maybe out of habit, or maybe because we eat salad every day and cucs make good salad mixins.  Sam[...]

Oh Thailand… of all the culinary adventures you have to offer, your fruit shakes made me one very happy girl!  I adored the pad thai and spring rolls and rice wit[...]

With all that talk of making sure I stay hydrated a few weeks a go you guys didn’t think I meant just water, did you?  Nope, there are way too many fun ways to ge[...]

It’s friday night and I am done with all my work for the day.  Derek just got home too (yay!).  It is a BEAUTIFUL summer evening.  We have nothing planned tonig[...]