tastebuds

ONE cookie is great… but a bunch of cookies stacked on top of each other with icing  in between is WAY better!  I call it: “Cookie Trees”. As a bonus, this h[...]

I think my mom wants grandchildren.  Either that or our family just likes to get together and play with icing and candy. We were visiting my parents today and my mo[...]

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[...]

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 love pasta and I love veggies.  I’ve been successfully combining these two in creating delicious meals for AGES!  It is not until recently that I have been bra[...]

Hi friends! Now that I have taken care of decorating the inside of my house for Halloween, it is time to get serious.  Because let’s face it, the reason we all en[...]

Yesterday on Twitter I asked if pumpkin seeds are old news.  I wasn’t sure if everyone had used up all their pumpkin seed gumption with Halloween last weekend.  [...]

So here it is: the night before Thanksgiving Sunday. The turkey is thawing out on the counter, all the groceries have been bought, 4.5 hours of traffic have been con[...]

I had a bag of wonderful, shelled, organic edamame beans sitting in our freezer for a few months. Sometimes I even forgot that it was there at all!  So a few days a[...]

Oh chocolate, you taste so good! I’ve been struggling with a bit of a sugar addiction lately – it totally crept up on me. Sneaky little thing, that sugar! I gu[...]