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You asked for it! Black Bottom Cupcakes

Just take a wild guess which posts get the most hits? Which recipes I get the most requests for? Veggies? Ha! It’s all about the SUGAR. FAT. DESSERT!…

A Plethora of Plenty!

Farmers’ Markets, CSA weekly deliveries, our own gardens gone berserk! Even Costco has monster-sized produce.  It is so easy to throw away food without even thinking.  I am…

Courge Musquee et Duxelles de Casserole

Heh. Doesn’t that sound fancy? Or loosely translated as Butternut Squash and Duxelles Casserole. Either way, it is AWESOME! I saw the recipe on the internet via Vegetarian…

Gluten-Free Pear Thing! Yummy!

I saw a recipe for a Pear Tart in last week’s paper and the picture looked delish; however, since my youngest has to avoid gluten, I have been…

Roasted Roots

Time for a Root Re-Boot! How many of you think of carrots as the ubiquitous “diet” carrot sticks or to “cooked to mush” carrots from out childhoods? What…

Mix & Dump Cherry Cake- Certified Mmmmm Tasty!

This recipe called itself a Cherry Cake but it is the weirdest recipe for a cake that I have EVER seen. The results however, are delish, as reported…

Taco Soup? Whaaaaat?

Yeah, that’s what I said when I first saw a recipe for Taco Soup. Tacos? Sure, love ’em. Soup? Ok, it has it’s place. Tacos IN soup? What…

Simple Warming Soup for a Cold Winter Night

This spicy soup can easily be made in less than 30 minutes with ingredients you likely have on hand. Simple, fast, spicy, filling, and delish. Gotta love it!…

“The Poultry King” or “How I learned to cook the best chicken of my life one easy step from…a life-long bachelor”

There is so much misinformation out there about simple cooking topics, that it isn’t surprising that people are CONFUSED. So today I am going to address a topic…

The Joy of Pizza

Greetings all Pizza Lovers! After posting the pictures of my pizza adventure on Facebook, several people asked me to post the recipe so here goes. I need to…