Month: October 2016

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!

Yup, that’s me with Dagwood Bumstead!!! This is an authentic Blondie comic strip and one of my favorite possessions. I’ve always loved comics – and Blondie in particular – so it was a real treat to be a featured guest! 😉 We really did make 

Your Favorite Flatbread – It’s Easy!

Your Favorite Flatbread – It’s Easy!

Appetizers are fun. . . . but even appetizers get boring if you don’t switch it up.   My latest favorite is FLATBREAD!  This is the flatbread that started it all: This whole-grain flatbread is only 100 calories and tastes great!  You can customize each flatbread 

White Truffle Lobster Mac & Cheese

White Truffle Lobster Mac & Cheese

I bought a fabulous cookbook!  If you love the restaurants and the food in the Florida Keys, you will love this cookbook!  There are recipes from some of the most loved restaurants throughout the Keys.  Tonight I made the White Truffle Lobster Mac & Cheese, 

Frosted Rolled Sugar Cookies  – Pumpkins!

Frosted Rolled Sugar Cookies – Pumpkins!

Every family has holiday traditions. Some involve baking – and this recipe for rolled sugar cookies is one of our family traditions. I collect cookie cutters for almost any occasion and holiday and this is my all-time favorite cookie to make – and to eat! 

Berry Mess

Berry Mess

My family named this dessert “Berry Mess“.  Creative, aren’t they? They aren’t good about combining a lot of foods – they would never eat something called a casserole.  There are some exceptions, but they would have never made it in the casserole-toting Midwestern farmhouse that I 

Shrimp ‘n Grits

Shrimp ‘n Grits

I married a sixth generation Floridian whose parents are much more Southern than many of today’s Floridians.  One year we all gathered in Atlanta for Christmas at my son’s apartment.   As I was making shrimp and grits for our Christmas Eve dinner, I realized, much to my dismay,