• Hometown Harvest

    Hometown Harvest is a blog sponsor, which means they are compensating me for things like referrals, sharing product info and talking about my experience using their services. In a nutshell, for spreading the word! As always, all opinions are my own, and I only choose sponsors whose missions I support.…

  • Mini Chocolate Cupcakes

    Disclosure: As a Stonyfield Organic™ ambassador, I am being compensated. All opinions are always my own! My daughter just turned 9 years old, and one of her presents from us was an inexpensive desktop printer for her computer. She was crazy excited when she saw it, and immediately started printing…

  • Vegetarian Lasagna Rolls

    The other day I was in the mood for Italian food, but not spaghetti, fettuccine, or baked ziti. Something else…. I had one bunch of kale left over from my last Hometown Harvest bag, and thought maybe that would be tasty in a lasagna, sautéed first with some garlic and…

  • 5 Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes

    Tomorrow is the BIG GAME, which means fans (and non-fans) will be watching a lot of football (and really great commercials) while feasting on all kinds of game-time goodies. We’re keeping it small at our house: the husband, one friend, our basement man cave, and a slow cooker full of…

  • Snickerdoodles

    These Snickerdoodles are simple to make, soft and chewy and filled with sweet cinnamon flavor. More and more I’m trying to cook things from scratch. I’ve made Italian bread, French bread, pizza dough and biscuits and one day I plan to try my hand at homemade mozzarella and ricotta cheeses, too!…