Recipes

Okay…so you might not know this about me, but before I started my interior decorating business, I worked for a local grocery store for 20 years. I know, that’s bonkers. I’m clearly not old enough to have worked somewhere for 20 years…but it somehow happened. Ha! For those of you who are from Iowa, I

Who remembers that freak-out scene on Saved By The Bell when Jessie Spano is taking caffeine pills and Zack Morris comes to her rescue?? Oh man…one of my faves! If you haven’t seen it, you can find it over HERE – and you’re welcome for the laugh! But seriously…I’m pretty sure we’re all running

As soon as the weather turns a little chilly, my first response—what’s for dinner? Ha! Look, yummy food is important and tasty and is something that definitely gives me something to look forward to after a long day. I know that this time of year is extremely busy for all of us (who am I kidding, li

Do you have a food you could eat every day? My friend Abby + I discuss on the regular how meatballs are life and we could eat them every.single.day. I love them plain, with red sauce, or swimming in the delicious sweetness of bbq + grape jelly (sounds weird, tastes amazing). Speaking of meatballs,

I love all things lemon. It’s such a rich + refreshing taste and makes me feel happy! I’ve never adulted enough to make real-deal lemon bars…they’re coming, I think…I just need to be brave, but these Lemon Cream Cheese Bars are equally delicious and so simple to make! I took the lemon bars to the

We did not eat stuffed peppers growing up. The only peppers I really can think of at all that we *might* have consumed were of the finely chopped green variety on our Chef Boyardee homemade pizzas…and I remember not liking them very much. It’s amazing to me now how many things I’ve learned to love a

One of the hardest things for me when I’m trying to eat healthy is having a variety of food prepped so I don’t get bored eating the same things over and over. I was searching for some new, healthy recipes the other day and this one jumped out at me. It has all the good things…bits of crunchiness, ch

Okay, first things first…in case you’re wondering what that funny ‘Q’ word is in the name of this recipe…quinoa (keen-wah) is a seed used in cooking much like rice, only it’s gluten free and has a host of other healthy benefits! You can read more about quinoa HERE ! I like cooking with quiona beca

I know a lot of people like to call this dessert something else, but I’m sticking with the original, so Better Than Sex Cake it is! Hope it doesn’t offend anyone’s sensitivities too much, because once you make it, you will understand. Trust a girl.

Puppy Chow is one of those things that didn’t exist in my growing up world. If I was really lucky, someone would bring it for treat day at school and I’d get to enjoy its powdered sugar goodness! Ah, the ‘80’s…a magical time when no one had food allergies and we weren’t afraid of a rogue parent pois

When I decided that I was going to make this amazingly decadent cake, my main concern was—did we have enough milk on-hand? Basically, you will need an entire gallon of milk at the ready because this triple layer delight is so rich!

Ok, right up front…this is not as delicious as chocolate chip cookie dough. I love cookie dough with all my heart and as much as I would love for this recipe to be all that, it’s not. It is however pretty darn tasty and I’ve also made a brownie version I’ll be sharing soon.