F for Effort

I took one photo of this recipe. One. This pretty much unheard of. Even on my laziest of lazy nights, even when I’m so hungry I’m about ready to chew off my own arm, I usually take at least a half or dozen or so.
But this. This I could not wait to eat. This smelled [...]

Grocery Anxiety

I don’t know about you guys, but when I go out of town for the weekend, I always come back stressed and annoyed. Maybe it’s because being away is like being on vacation. No obligations, no chores, there’s usually something fun planned with family or friends, someone’s mom is doing the cooking (LOL) But the [...]

“See Food” Diet

Eric and I spent the long weekend perfecting the art of the “See Food” Diet. When we saw food, we ate it. This proved to be most uncomfortable and unfortunate for us come Monday when we found ourselves so bloated and plugged (sorry TMI) that we were seriously questioning the  appeal of this gut busting [...]

A Taste of the South…Up North

I adore Cajun food. The colors, the flavors, the spice. Yum! Of course, being a Midwestern girl through and through, I can’t actually claim to know much (or anything, for that matter) about authentic Cajun cuisine. The closest I’ve ever been to Cajun food is in restaurants around here (like Bourbon Street) and I’m sure [...]

You can boil it, broil it, sautee it…

Or skew it! And grill it! I’m talking about shrimp, of course!
I don’t get Cooking Light anymore. Tears!! My mom gave me a gift subscription a while back but I paid zero attention to the giant RENEW NOW envelope that came about three times before my subscription ran out…so needless to say, no more Cooking [...]