Every year my family takes a two week vacation “out west” to visit my husband’s family and friends in Utah.  And since we can’t afford to fly, we drive.  We usually break the 24 hour drive up into a couple days, the first being the longer of the two stretches on the road.  Yes, that […]

  With all this cold weather (thank heavens it’s over! – for now…) I decided to post a recipe that would allow me to drown my longing for spring in its extreme deliciousness. The recipe I chose was posted by my friend Michelle on her blog The Funny Tummy Cafe. Michelle has a similar Celiac story to me […]

Everyone loves a good crock pot meal; something full of flavor and simple. This is a great, low prep crock pot meal that really will deliver. This is a great recipe to have on hand when you know you are going to have a busy day, but you still need to eat… So now that […]

Every Christmas growing up my mom made rice pudding. To be honest, as a kid I didn’t really like it. I would eat it every year though in honor of the tradition. When I eat it now, however, I wonder how I never liked it!!! It’s the most delicious, wonderful, creamy dish ever.

I really do like black beans. I usually just buy a can, and they are always a great addition to many of my meals. I just haven’t ever thought of beans being rich and flavorful…until recently. I made the most beautiful and delicious bean discovery. Delicious to the point that my 6 year old has […]

Well, this is a winner…I don’t know what else to say. Everyone in my family loved it and even though I was full, I wanted to eat more. Good thing they were already gone. I somehow managed to get delicious, fall off the bone, melt in your mouth ribs from my very own kitchen. I’m […]

I like brussel sprouts, I saute them on the stove top quite a bit…but they don’t quite do it for me. Every time I eat them it’s almost anti climactic. Which is sad. So the other day I came home the my husband Matt had cooked dinner. I gratefully partook. Then I tasted the brussel sprouts. […]

Ham, pineapple, and a simple sweet and sour sauce in a crockpot is all you need to make this simple dish! Ham was on sale, so my husband bought a gigantic ham for next to nothing. We froze some, used some on sandwhiches, ate it with mashed potatoes and veggies…and there was still some left! […]

Ok, so here is the most rich, delicious, sticky caramel popcorn you will ever have in your life. It is derived from a very basic, run of the mill recipe (which is still ridiculously delicious, don’t get me wrong) that I found online. How my version came along was, of course, because I was out of […]

Since it’s apple season around here, I thought this recipe was really appropriate for my post this week. When we bought our house a couple years ago, there were four over grown apple trees in the front yard. I was convinced that they all needed to be cut down. Well, this is the first year that we’ve had […]