~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that has been celebrated in my family since I can remember. I’m 80% (or more/less – the jury is still out) Irish and I had the red hair & freckles to prove it. (Hair turned blonde after I was 4 and the only way it will EVER get red again is if I hit that bottle). My grandparents on my dad’s side always talked about their parents coming directly from the Emerald Isle and {Read More}
Bertolli is one of those brands that I trust, use often and adore. See, while I often can make my own sauce from scratch thanks to some quick learned recipes early in my culinary journey, I often keep a couple jars in the pantry to use in a pinch (like when I made my Eggs in Hell this weekend (recipe coming soon). Bertolli reached out to a number of Food Bloggers to try about their Easy Dinners and invited Cooking {Read More}
I should thank this recession because I’ve discovered that cooking with chicken thighs is not only economical, but also recipe friendly. One of the few things I have refused to cut back during this recession (besides my shoe wardrobe) is cooking magazines, especially Fine Cooking. While looking for a new way to prepare chicken thighs, I was happy to see that Fine Cooking came to the rescue with their recipe for a chipotle cinnamon broiled chicken thighs. The combination of {Read More}
Often when I hear pork chops, a little voice inside my head that sounds very “Peter Brady-ish” thinks that the automatic pairing should be apples or some type of applesauce. When I discovered a recipe that paired raspberries and pork, I just had to try. This was a kitchen experiment that went so well that I promise that I will approach pork chops with a more open mind. And, yes, I swear to avoid any Brady Bunch references in the {Read More}
Weekly question time deals with Covet Worthy Items. No, not shoes - at least for today – but what big purchase product has you going “I MUST have that” while you are plotting any creative accounting to either save up for or re-allocating funds so that you can add it to your kitchen arsenal. For me is the brand new Cuisinart Elite Die-Cast 16-Cup Food Processor. Do I *need* it – no, I have one that works pretty daggone good. Do {Read More}
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