Chocolate lovers gather around! Curb your chocolate craving with this Double Chocolate Drop Cookies recipe. I have one kid who doesn’t like chocolate, especially chocolate cookies. I don’t get it, honestly. I’m one of those people who craves a rich, chocolate flavor in baked goods. I like vanilla and caramel, but chocolate is where it’s at for me. That’s why I set out to make a really solid chocolate cookie recipe! These Double Chocolate Drop Cookies came into my life during the holiday season. I was tired of all the traditional Christmas cookies and wanted a different recipe. One that made a ..read more

A Double Dip French Toast recipe and a review of the amazing Après All Day cookbook by Kelley Epstein. There are so many ways to make delicious French Toast. You have stuffed French toast, overnight French toast, skillet French toast…the varieties are endless. However, I think I’ve discovered the ultimate French Toast recipe and just had to share. Several years ago I had double dipped French Toast at iHop and it changed how I made it going forward. It was a limited time menu item but it made an impression! Dipping the thick slices of bread into an egg mixture, baking it on a baking sheet, the ..read more

This Fireball Cider Recipe featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey is a delicious cocktail served hot or cold for the fall season.  I had my first taste of Fireball whiskey a couple of years ago. No, I wasn’t at some crazy college party or throwing it down with a group of young party people. I was getting ready for an adult league tennis match of all things! One of my teammates offered everyone on our team a shot of fireball to take the nerves off before our match. And it worked. I can’t claim that Fireball improved my tennis game, but I will say I won the match AND haven’t missed a pre-matc ..read more

Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake recipe is what my mom has used for birthday cakes through the years. Nothing beats this light and fluffy angel food cake! This story and the recipe was originally posted on March 23, 2012. Images and some text were updated on October 6, 2021. The delicious angel food cake recipe remains the same! I know that bragging isn’t always flattering, but I’m throwing all of that out the window today and am going to spend this post bragging about my husband. I married a really good guy and am very lucky. Sure there are times we don’t get along and when I can’t wait for him to ..read more

These Cake Mix Bar Cookies have a gooey layer of powdered sugar and cream cheese mixture, making this great recipe a delicious, easy dessert for any occasion! I go in phases where I tend to bake the same thing over and over. Most recently, I was on a jello poke cake kick, resulting in the purchase of lots of box cake mixes and jello of different flavors. I really love poke cakes, but I had purchased a bunch of Betty Crocker white cake mix, yellow cake mix, and strawberry cake mix on sale and lost my interest in poke cake before I ran out of cake mix. Story of my life! In addition to ..read more

This quick and easy Dirty Rice recipe makes a filling side dish or it can be served as a main dish too!  This Dirty Rice recipe was originally posted on Dine & Dish October 2010. Photos and some text were updated April 2021. I have a confession to make. Let me tell ‘ya…if I didn’t get kicked out of the food blogging world for the post about blogging success that I wrote yesterday, I’m sure this revelation will be what does it. I have a very, very difficult time with side dishes for our family dinners. In fact, Zataran’s, Uncle Ben, Betty Crocker…if we are going to have a side in addi ..read more

If you are looking for an easy yet tender and flavorful southern buttermilk biscuits recipe, this is the one for you! Throwback post: Originally posted May 12, 2010. Pictures updated March 8, 2021. The post and buttermilk biscuits recipe remain the same.  Well, it’s official. That future therapy fund for my kids that I have been contributing to since their birth is definitely going to be used. Ella, my three-year-old, just informed me that I am messing up her life. Yep… at 3, she is already talking like a fifteen-year-old who can’t stand her mom. Funny thing is, when she told me that I wa ..read more

This Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta recipe is a simple, vegetarian dish full of wonderful flavors and textures. This week I’ve become hooked on the Bon Appetit TV channel. Leah and I are cat-sitting for some friends and this is the only channel we can figure out how to watch on their complex TV system, and I’m not mad about it. Every time we leave the cat to return home, we have a list of new recipe ideas we want to try and dishes we want to eat! This Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta recipe adaptation is one such inspiration. I’d never thought about putting chickpeas with pasta, until now. The resu ..read more

October 2020 was the BEST reading month ever for me. If you are looking to get out of a reading slump, check out the book reviews below! 2020 hasn’t been my best reading year so far. I’ve been distracted and have had a hard time connecting with a lot of the books I’ve read. I don’t know what changed in October, but it has been the BEST reading month. I absolutely loved each and every book I read and can’t wait to share these reviews with you! I finished the month with 11 books read, all 4 and 5-star reads/listens.  If you are looking to get out of a reading slump, here are some great book ..read more

Pumpkin Pancakes, just like the ones they serve at your favorite local pancake house. But now you can make them right at home with this recipe! This pumpkin pancakes recipe was originally posted on Dine & Dish on 12/23/2008. I gave it new life with fresh photos on 11/5/2020.  I seem to be out of words tonight, but luckily sometimes there are things that don’t need much of an introduction. This Copycat Pumpkin Pancakes recipe is an International House of Pancakes ® copycat recipe. You wouldn’t think that a couple of measly little tablespoons of pumpkin and cinnamon would change the fl ..read more