Setting the table on most days doesn’t involve a beautiful tablescape. It might look like this: A stack of paper plates, a wad of paper towels, and a pizza you picked up on the way home from work tossed on the kitchen counter. Cut the pizza and let everybody snag a couple of pieces of…
Homemade Gifts from the Kitchen It’s time to start planning for homemade Christmas gifts. Cookies, candy, banana bread, mini Pecan Pies. Fruitcake, maybe? Nah. This page contains affiliate links to products I use, love, and recommend. See my full disclosure policy. Gather up the flour, sugar, butter, eggs, chocolate chips, nuts. What am I forgetting? Oh…
Pumpkin Season is in the Air Pumpkin Pie Spice season is my favorite time of year. Cilantro season is over, it’s time for the warmth of cinnamon. Move over light and fruity. Hello, robust flavor and savory dishes. Nothing says autumn like Pumpkin Pie Spice. Twinkies, KitKats, Cheerios, and Poptarts. Little Debbie is getting in…
Do you find yourself craving your favorite restaurant dishes and realize that a) You can’t afford to eat out and b) You don’t have the ingredients at home to do a passable copycat version? Go ahead and call in a pizza, you have work to do. Oh, and ask for crushed red pepper, you don’t…