Red, White, & Blue Crisp

Wow, ya’ll. The past two months have blurred by! I’m not sure where June went, or how we are even in July, but things have been downright crazy! In May I turned the big 3-0. *gasp* I wasn’t too nervous about it and celebrated the day with family, but its still super weird to think…

Grilled Chili Lime Chicken

Yesterday, an app on my phone reminded me that it was my 2nd anniversary of blogging! Two years of delightful books and worlds where I could sneak off to at any given moment. Two years of yummy recipes and learning just how much I love to cook and bake. Two years of delighting with fellow…

Herb Steak Foil Pouches

The past couple of months have been sort of crazy with an assortment of doctor’s visits, medication switches, and a couple of biopsies to top it all off. The biopsies came back great – praise GOD for that!! But still, my body needs to get its act together. Enough’s enough! One cool thing the doctor…

Berry Almond Crumble

  Summer temperatures have been out of control this year here in North Carolina! Truly out of control! And for me, when its too hot, I find that I want anything but chocolate to munch on. I know, I KNOW!! You’re probably thinking: Anything but chocolate?! Is this girl for real? *nods* Yes, yes I…

Margherita Chicken

Five years ago, a good friend of mine, Emmie, and I went back-packing across Italy. It.was.WONDERFUL!! 16 days of exploring ruins, ancient civilizations, catacombs, islands, staying in hostels, swimming in the Blue Grotto, riding horseback up a volcano (that’s us atop MT Vesuvius in Naples) climbing a mountain, and eating food so delicious I find myself…

CRVQ (Chicken + Roasted Veggies + Quinoa)

Last week I mentioned that I was trying my hand at meal-prepping. I’m happy to say that it worked out fairly well for me…except I ran out of food by Thursday night because I didn’t calculate enough meals for the whole week!!! HA!! But, I’m happy to reveal that the meals I did eat where…

Chicken Bacon Ranch Taquitos

If you have been following my blog for some time, you’ve probably determined that I spend a bit of time on Pinterest. Oh, how I LOVE Pinterest! Especially all the recipes one can find! 😀 When I stumbled upon this particular recipe for a Chicken Bacon Ranch Taquitos, my stomach started rumbling. Sure, most people…

Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken

Ya’ll, Ron Swanson is attempting to storm my house, having followed the delicious scents of bacon + jalapeños + chicken wafting up from my kitchen. I mean, it smells sooooooooo good up in here!!! This meal is super easy to make and only contains 5 ingredients – one of those being BACON!!! Everything is better…

Stuffed Pepper Soup

I’m having a rough day, topped with a rough evening where I come home to a fridge and freezer not working, leaking, and losing most, if not all, of my newly bought groceries. So, basically, this is Monday at its finest. Anyone else ever have one of these days? Thankfully, not knowing what I had in…

Beef Brisket

I haven’t posted a recipe in 2 months…which is basically forever!! Right?! 🙂 After scouring the web – thank you Pinterest!! – for a few hours this weekend while watching Christmas movies, I stumbled across a recipe for Beef Brisket. In.A.Crock.Pot! Having never made brisket before, I was a tad on the nervous side. I…