Chocolate Drizzled Bacon Peanut Butter Caramel Corn zero corn syrup!

I know today is supposed to be Wellness Wednesday, but I’m going for a little break until the New Year. No worries – I’m going to be back next week with a fresh WW post; I understand I’ve been apart for some time! I’m guessing most of us probably have. This season is such anRead more

Hello from beautiful Napa Valley! I spent the better area of the weekend over the Culinary Institute of America with the USA Dry out Pea & Lentil Council studying pulses, cooking within their gorgeous kitchens, and attaining some serious skills in gluten free/grain free baking!

Before we get into the recipe, you may be curious about the term ‘pulses’. Fundamentally, pulses are dried out peas, lentils, beans and chickpeas and can be eaten a number of various ways. (Keep in mind these dark bean brownies ? SO GOOD and you can’t even flavor the beans!) This past weekend I foundRead more

Pumpkin Cream Mozzarella cheese Pop Tarts with Maple Cream Parmesan cheese Frosting

Get thrilled… I simply won my first cooking contest! Jumping for joy! The contest was for Nordic Ware where you had to employ a Bundt Pan and bake a thing that represented heritage and tradition. The grand reward winner gets to go to NYC and tickets to the Martha Stewart display for Bundt Skillet week!Read more

Let me introduce you to a fresh NUT butter. Because technically coconut is really a nut, right? Well theoretically it’s considered to be a drupe. I googled it for you

Have you ever heard of coconut butter? Well if you haven’t, it’s just a ‘butter’ created from floor coconut shreds! There are many brands that presently sell it entirely Foods, but general it can be fairly difficult to acquire in most grocery stores. Plus, coconut butter tends to be pretty expensive (over $10!). THEREFORE IRead more

Hi Spring. So nice of you to definitely finally arrive and warm my bone fragments.

When you’re through the Midwest, you understand that there’s a huge discrepancy from once the calendar says it’s officially springtime to when it actually gets warm away. Some years it simply goes from Wintertime to Summer in the period of weekly. This Spring has been kind though, it’s been warm and beautiful within Chicago forRead more

It’s Christmas buying time and We haven’t even gone yet! I’ve got lists to make and things to do. I need to end dyeing my locks and get seriously interested in my holiday buying strategy. Position in line just isn’t my thing. I’m also vacationing for the next week, therefore i need to get it together quickly!

In order to be successful in my shopping endeavors, I’ve got to resist the desire to bake pies and buy adorable baking pans for myself. I know guess what happens I’m talking about. This year I made cookies for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap , an unbelievable nationwide cookie exchange hosted by Love &Read more

Last night I asked Tony what his favorite cake was and he responded with We don’t know.

Ummmm pardon me? How do you not know what your favorite cake is? For me cake all hangs within the occasion. For example, on birthdays I prefer a rich, moist chocolate cake firmly for the chocolates buttercream. For everything else, I choose carrot cake. Carrot cake is like the Jennifer Aniston of cakes. Never getsRead more

Besides my food shopping obsession, I have a few other little addictions.

One is the internet. Twitter specifically; I just love it! Also now that I’m finally getting an iPhone, (I cannot even discuss it), I’ll oftimes be bonkers obsessed with Instagram and every app that I’ll more than likely neglect what it’s prefer to function as a real human being. I mean, it’s already tough enoughRead more

First thing’s first: How was your Memorial Time Weekend? I hope you had the opportunity to relax and consume some delicious food.

Yes, I’m totally one particular people. I wish I possibly could say We instagrammed and ate this salmon this weekend, but that’s not truth. I actually made this dish almost a year ago and completely forgot about it until lately when I was strolling through my photos. Please forgive me! How could I deny youRead more

This last weekend was tough! I had been amid a juice cleanse and could not stop thinking about how much I needed a salad how big is my face. Or grilled seafood with one glass of wines accompanied by some Fro Yo with main amounts of sprinkles and pink-frosted pet crackers.

Then to make matters worse, I watched THE MEALS Network again. These were playing Crimson Lobster advertisements which nearly caused me to drool on myself. I guess you could state my cravings were pretty ridiculous; on the other hand it was most likely my own fault for viewing Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. There is veryRead more