Yes, I’m back. With more zucchini talk. But you’re going to love this dish. It’s absobloominlutely delicious! And healthy. And sexy. Besides. I’m breaking out the summer squash this time too, so it’ll rock your palate in green and gold. Penne, Veggies & Sausage in Garlic Cream Sauce Ingredients: 1 box of whole grain penne pasta 5 chicken sausages… Read More
Zucchini Pizza on the Grill
My squash plants are going strong yet again this summer, achieving their unstoppable mission of complete garden domination. And once again, only quadrupled in quantity this time around, are my happy little zucchini plants…surprising us with magic green missiles overnight. I pluck them. And low and behold the next day, they’re back! I love it! And yes, there’s a slight… Read More
Fish: From Lake to Plate in 12 Hours Flat
My hubby and I spent the day at Michigan’s Adventure with fabulous friends yesterday, while our kiddos stayed home with nana and papa. I got entirely too much sun, ate entirely too much food, and had entirely too much fun on the rides. Going down water slides, over and over and over again – just us adults – was just… Read More
{Triple}Berry Shortcake
As berry season forges on, full throttle, I couldn’t help but give this quick {and anti-oxidant packed} dessert a whirl! As easy as it is to make, eager little hands actually make great helpers on this one, and the catching and devouring of runaway berries is welcomed too! We’ve become big fans of pulling the last-minute strawberry shortcake card when… Read More
Luscious Lemon Pie {oh my!}
Knowing my sweet sister is on the mend and no longer stranded on a mountainside in Botswana with a broken ankle (you know, the important stuff), I can share this frivolous fabulous recipe without feeling like a poopy big sister {thanks for all your prayers and kind words, our family has been blown away by the outpouring of love for… Read More
{Incredible} Beer Bread
{Disclaimer: this bread is wildly delicious and may cause a spirit of gluttony to overtake you. Double the batch} My hubby stumbled upon this scrumptious recipe last week while trying to find excuses to use my birthday present: a sexy, black Kitchenaid Mixer. He purchased it for me with purely unselfish motives, of course {cough, cough}. It only took me… Read More
Cake Pops for Africa
I heart Africa, it’s no surprise. It’s been almost 5 years since I was ‘home’. So until we can return, as a family {with children old enough to endure appreciate the journey over the ocean}, to touch her soil and kiss her people, we will live vicariously through my baby sister who has just landed in Kenya, will be working… Read More
{Homemade} Bubble Tea
If you know me at all well, you’ll know I love tea. No, let me rephrase that. I adore tea. Make that: hot, black {British blend}, milky tea. An entire pot of it! I also happen to be quite partial to chai and earl gray. Yes, indeed…tea + me = one happy girl! I’m {only mildly} embarrassed to admit that… Read More
Baked Tilapia with Dill Sauce
There is no question: I loved being pregnant, and so enjoyed nursing my little ones. The downside, however, is that they officially sucked my brains out. And I’m only sort of kidding. I combat this miserable truth by eating as much yummy fish as I can! While salmon remains my fav, tilapia is considerably cheaper and when done well, is… Read More
Cute. Fruit.
I love fresh fruit. And I love pretty things. So it would stand to reason, that I love it when my fruit is pretty. Yes, I realize, it is pretty…all by its delectable lonesome…but there’s something delightful about lining up vibrant hues of juiciness on a pointy little stick and displaying them in a vase. {oooh aaaah!} And, as evidenced… Read More
Mini Stromboli {an Italian Trial Size}
We like pizza around here, and eat it every other week or so. The catch: it’s almost always homemade! I tried making pretzels with the dough…I want to try cinnamon rolls…and we love to turn it outside-in and make Stromboli. {We buy our dough at SAMS – just 16 smackaroos for 20 perfect balls of frozen dough. It’s awesome!} I… Read More
{Slater’s} Turkey & Black Bean Burritos
If you’re a child of the 80’s, you’ll no doubt recall the drool-worthy A.C. Slater from Saved by the Bell. Well, I sort of had a crush on him when I was an awkward, pubescent adolescent. So, naturally, when I see a little blurb in my Good Housekeeping magazine entitled, “Mario Lopez’s Turkey & Black Bean Burritos”, I just had… Read More
