I haven’t cooked anything new or exciting in the past couple of weeks so I thought I would rerun this recipe.  As fall approaches (on the calendar if not in the weather department), I start t...

I have been a domestic goddess for the past few days.  On Thursday, I baked my own pizza crust.  I don’t mean I bought one and baked it.  I mean I proofed yeast, kneaded, punched down, ...

This stuff was amazing.  It was moist and soft and yummy.  I used this recipe for honey wheat bread and made some of the changes suggested by reviewers: I increased the honey to 1/3 cup and used...

The grocery store had uncooked  shrimp on sale.  Lately, I’ve been buying the already cooked and peeled shrimp to save time.  But the sale was good enough to encourage me to cook and pe...

I’ve done a lot of cooking in the past 10 days.  Without planning for it, I embarked on a little experiment: cooking only with what we had on hand.  I resolved to buy nothing but milk for ...

I love making warm, hearty soups in the fall and winter.  It feels cozy and happy on a cold day.  I saw this soup on Our Best Bites and thought it sounded yummy.  I made some very minor chang...

I took a coupon class (shut up) last month and one of the things we talked about was economical meals.  These potatoes were one of the ideas offered.  I never dreamed that they would taste so yu...

I posted this a couple of years ago but I love it so much that I want to share it again.  It is a recipe a co-worker gave me years ago.  I lost it and managed to recreate it pretty close to the ...

We went to Chuy’s one day last week to celebrate a friend’s birthday.  It just opened here…apparently the first outside of Texas.  It was quite busy but the service and the foo...