Dear Readers: THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for making 2012 a fabulous first year blogging about food. I have truly enjoyed sharing my recipes and cooking experiences with you all. This coming year I hope to come up with and find even more scrumptious and cost-effective recipes for your convenience! Since beginning […]
Breads & Muffins
Affordable Chili in 30 minutes
Last year for Christmas – mine and Cobalt’s first Christmas being engaged – my aunt gave us a lovely and thoughtful present. It included some homemade vanilla extract and some Texas themed chili seasoning mix. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to make chili for one of our many making-food-together-at-each-others’-apartments dates. But the winter came and […]
All About Autumn: Our Garden Update
I don’t know about you, but fall happens to be my favorite season. The smells, sights, tastes, sounds and weather are so full of surprises and so much different from summer’s! I love drinking hot tea, hot chocolate or chai tea lattes on a brisk morning; sledding on colorful, crunchy leaves; feeling the cold air […]
Shout Out to Aldi + Marvelous Morning Muffins!
If you haven’t figured out by now (or don’t know because you’re new to my blog), I like to save money on food every chance I get. And I’m not talking about cheaply made food. I’m talking about quality. On that note, I’ve yet to find a grocery store that is cheaper than Aldi. (I’ve […]
Making and Baking Homemade Bread WITHOUT a Breadmaker!
Mmmmm. There’s nothing like the smell of fresh, homemade bread filling the air. Brings back memories of living at my home in Nashville, TN. Mom would make a huge loaf (almost 4 lbs, I bet!) of whole wheat bread about once a week. If it had JUST come out of the oven, my family would […]
Morning of the 12th
I blended up this smoothie a couple of days ago. After eating one serving, I froze the remaining contents in 2 small plastic cups. When it came time to eat a frozen one, I put one of the cups in the microwave and pressed “Auto Defrost.” (I then watched it so the plastic cup and […]