15 August 2011
Roasted garlic and tomato soup
I am in a fall state of mind. I can’t help myself. I don’t want summer to be over, not at all. I love the warmth. However, this Ohio girl is very accustomed to (...)
25 August 2014
Green beans, ham and potatoes
And we are Monday-ing again. Weren’t we just Friday-ing it up like freaking rockstars? Drinking Oktoberfests and gobbling hamburgers dripping with fried egg (...)
4 July 2014
Blueberry Pie
gosh, i love pie. blueberry is my favorite. it beats out sweat cream by mere millimeters. i have been thinking of ways to combine the two. my world would (...)
29 March 2012
Cinnamon Sugar Pound Cake
It is 4pm and I am crashing. Crashing fast. I am in a tail spin…Top Gun-esque. Maverick is in my head screaming about a jetwash and ‘coupling up’ (whatever (...)
17 August 2011
Apple Walnut Chicken Salad
You know what’s scary? Hummingbirds. Yeah, those little birds whose wings never stop beating and they beat at like a million miles a second. That little thing (...)
24 May 2011
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
Ridiculous! That is all I can say about this one. I have made many a cheesecakes in my life. I am the girl who made 10+ cheesecakes for her own high school (...)
5 January 2014
Peppermint infused vodka and peppermint hot cocoa
Can we discuss the fact that while backing out of my garage yesterday morning, and onto my driveway that was covered in snow and snow drifts that were up to my (...)
10 December 2011
Chocolate Mint Cookies
I don’t have my Christmas tree up yet. I may not even put one up this year. Mom, if you are reading this…I am not depressed. I just don’t want to put the tree (...)
13 November 2015
Apple Pear Butter
I have been up to some crazy. Let’s start with the batch of apple pear butter, which is the recipe that I will share with you further down this page, just bear (...)
17 September 2012
Apple Spice Cake with Walnut Brown Sugar Glaze
Windows open. Cool crisp air seeps into the house. My feet are oddly chilled and I search for a pair of thick socks. I enjoy a few deep breaths, the evening (...)
11 August 2012
Strawberry Infused Vodka
I signed up for the Tough Mudder April 2013 yesterday. Remember the Tough Mudder 2012? I do. The memories are rather vivid, maybe because I finished the race (...)
26 September 2011
Granola Bars
These are not my first attempt at granola bars… It is true. My first attempt was not exactly a failure, as the end result was delicious and devoured. However, (...)
15 November 2013
Peanut butter chocolate chip banana bread
AHHH!!!! I have done gone and did it again. ok, ok, ok…the improper English and the horrid grammar is pretty par for me and my blog. Or is it my blog and I? I (...)
16 May 2014
Triple Berry Cobbler
I have taken 2 cold showers more today than I had intended when I stumbled out of bed this morning. I am foreseeing a few more before it’s all over. I have (...)
12 March 2012
Chocolate pudding cake with browned butter icing
Before my long run yesterday – 15 miles yo! (totally not bragging here- I just simply needed to tell someone how far I ran, because I am super excited about (...)
1 August 2014
Ricotta and Goat Cheese Crostini with Candied Cherry Tomatoes and Balsamic Glaze
I sat there, gnawing away on perhaps the eighth or maybe twelfth slice of ricotta and goat cheese crostini with candied cherry tomatoes, generously drizzled (...)
11 January 2014
Chewy chocolate toffee cookies
I just don’t feel like there is enough time in the day. Mornings quickly are turning to evenings which are succumbing to earlier and earlier bedtimes because I (...)
12 January 2016
Egg in a Hole Bacon and Cheese Sandwich
Tina Turner’s voice is singing ‘big wheel keep on turnin‘. These words my mantra since I made the decision. I have determined to either go left or right rather (...)
5 June 2011
Strawberry Rhubarb Bars
I read several food blogs daily, big surprise right? I consider the compelation to be my own personal newspaper, since I don’t read any mainstream newspaper. (...)
4 September 2015
Fizzy bees knees – gin cocktail
Remind me to never move south of the Mason Dixon line. Too hot, humid, and sticky for this gal. Plus, I haven’t learned how to mosey yet so I would just be the (...)
22 March 2015
Walnut Brownies with Flaky Sea Salt
Have you been basketballing this weekend? Fun fact…this weekend, the opening weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament, is the most common time of year for (...)
18 April 2016
Citrus Almond Pound Cake
I have had the fixings for this cake for nearly 2 weeks. Which means it has probably been 3+. Always add more time when discussing the passage of time…and me. (...)
1 April 2016
Sourdough Bread
I am here to beg of you to begin a life long journey with a sourdough starter or at least try a summer romance. Try it on for size and if you feel that you (...)
8 June 2013
Strawberry Lime Bundt Cake
My hands are tan. The tops at least…the palms are pinkish/orange (my carrot intake might be a touch out of control…again). They don’t look like my hands. (...)
14 January 2014
Cranberry Orange Scones with Orange Glaze
There was a coffee shop in Toledo that had these lemon blueberry scones that I often day dream about when I am reaching for my afternoon coffee and craving a (...)
