This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PepItUp #CollectiveBias Looking for an easy dinner or an impressive appetizer? This Pepperoni and Pesto Calzone Ring is the perfect recipe for both – it’s just a matter of how you slice it! Springtime is here and that …
I baked my first ever Boston Cream Pie! And I gotta’ tell you it was absolutely out-of-this-world delicious! I made this dessert on a work night so that I could take it to my book club meeting. Our meeting was to discuss our most recent read, The Boston Girl. So I thought a Boston Cream …
Sometimes we are called on to share a meal with a friend’s family. It might be that someone just had a baby or that a family is in a crisis due to illness, a death, or job loss. Whatever the reason, when someone’s life is in the middle of upheaval, food is one way that …
As you know, February is Heart Month. This month (but it really should be all year) is a time that we focus on heart health. I recently wrote a post titled, Go Red and Spread the Word about Heart Health for Women that covered the alarming statistics of heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer …
Fruit of the Forest pie is one of my favorite fruit pies – simply because there are so many yummy flavors melding together. You get sweet and tart all rolled into one! Depending upon your preference it is so easy to adapt to different ratios of fruit. Like strawberry best? Add more strawberries. Like apple …
This grilled chicken and beet salad is an easy, healthy, and delicious meal to put together anytime you want to share a little extra love. To add a little love – just simply add some heart-shaped beets to the salad. I love beets! This has not always been true. As a child I hated beets! …
I made this dish a few days ago for a birthday breakfast at work, and it was gobbled up. Fast! The dish was scrapped clean! We were all asked to bring a breakfast dish to work so that we could surprise one of our fellow teachers with a birthday gathering in the staff room before school started. …
Even though I am not a vegetarian I looove a good portobello burger. It is something that I will often order when I see it on a restaurant’s menu. While I have enjoyed many a good portobellos in restaurants, I have never attempted to make one at home. That is until the other day. Most …
Oh my, how divine this cocktail is! I love ginger, but I will say this drink was a first for me this fall. My friend, Kelly, brought all the fixings to make these ginger pear martinis to a bunco birthday gathering and served up these amazing not too sweet, not too spicy, icy-cold martinis! YUM! …
We absolutely love these cookies! My friend Lynda makes large, I mean really large, versions of these cookies. Whenever she puts out a plate of them, they are snapped up right away! I have been making these cookies now for a few years, and like hers they have become the most requested cookies come the …
