During my growing-up years, my family never ate avocados. I don't think I even knew what one was, if you want to know the truth. Bu...

A friend told me once, "Blueberries are like God's natural candy". I couldn't agree more. I have a hard time thinking o...

Y'all have undoubtedly guessed by now that I have a major sweet tooth.  Like, it takes up my whole head sweet tooth.   It's a rea...

We actually did watch the Superbowl last night. See, Grant is a Niner's fan....in theory.  Being that he's from San Jose, C...

When I was trying to think of goodies that could be packaged up and mailed to friends for Christmas, I remembered seeing this version ...

I am really enjoying participating in the Countdown - as usual.  It's so fun - and enlightening - to look back over the recipes of the...

This is just about as easy and fun of a treat as you can get.  For Annika's 5th birthday party, the theme was "Horses".  ...

My favorite part about summer is the fresh fruits and veggies.  I'm ambivalent about the beach (gasps of disbelief from some of you...

You know how sometimes when you see a new recipe, it sounds so good that you just want to make it right then and there? That's ho...

This is such a fun recipe. It's quick to throw together, has that irresistible combination of sweet and salty, with the occasional...

We love pizza.   Okay, who doesn't love pizza?   There's someone around this house (cough-Grant) who is particularly fond of   Bar...

So the Super Bowl was last night. The Giants won.  We only knew that because we felt obligated to check the score after Downton Abbey was ...

I was in the mood recently to try a different granola bar recipe.  My family still loves these Chewy Granola Bars , but since good quality ...

The kids and I went strawberry picking at a local farm a few days ago and had so much success picking luscious huge berries that we had a h...

Trying desperately to stay a smidgen true to my southern roots and eat black-eyed peas for New Year's Day, I bought a can of them and ...

I've been MIA for the past week due to a lovely visit from my younger sister and her boyfriend.  I haven't seen her in a year (and t...

I made this for a little party recently and it was a big hit.  It's very easy, very tasty, and a nice alternative to this sort of dip ...

Say hello to one of my very favorite treats, ever.   I found this gem on Allrecipes years ago (modified it by adding vanilla and extra c...

I got a great deal on a couple of 3 lb bags of Gala apples a few weeks ago and since they were on the smallish side, they didn't tend t...