Harvest Fruit Spread – 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Tour Day #2

Hello friends! You may not know it, but you have stumbled upon DAY #2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour! Traci, the fabulousness behind the blog Traci & Co., has organized a special blog tour of recipes, crafts, and gift tutorials to get us all ready for the holidays! There…

Honey-Ginger Cucumber Salad

Just dropping in to pass along a quick recipe for the weekend! Simply put, this fresh and crisp cucumber salad is just an easy kind of dish to make. It is light and refreshing and great along side heavier barbecued or grilled food. There is very little to it, making it so…

Quick Korean Beef

Aaaah!  I’m back!  Between moving to the new house and the loss of all electronics (including internet), I have returned with an arsenal of incredible recipes to share with you! First on the list this summer is this Korean Beef.  Oh. My. Lanta.  This is good.  And I mean, really good. My…

Caramel Apple Ginger Loaf Cake

Originally this recipe was classified as a quick bread.  I think that is hysterical and here are the reasons why: 1.) It is covered with a glaze that is thick and sweet and can only be described as pourable caramel frosting.  F-R-O-S-T-I-N-G.  Not a quick bread type of feature. 2.) I don’t…

Weeknight Chicken Teriyaki

Happy Monday!  I have been extremely busy these last few days as my husband and I are desperately trying to make a decision about our living situation.  Since the move to South Carolina, and the SUPER fun craziness that I mentioned here (please note the heavy sarcasm in that statement), we have been…

Slow Cooker Butter Style Chicken

Branching out of your comfort zone is never easy.  Wether it is trying a new fashion trend (No, not everyone can wear skinny jeans.) or talking to people you don’t know at a party (The weather is a safe topic…) or reading a book from a section you don’t normally pick from…

Chicken W/Sweet & Zesty Raisin Sauce

I have mentioned before that sometimes, you can find fantastic recipes in unusual places.  One of my favorite spots to search and skim for hidden ideas are product websites.  For example, the Land O’Lakes site is loaded with anything and everything you ever wanted to do with butter!  And did you know…

Spicy Ginger Syrup

Uhg!  Sometimes I hate how behind I get with blogging!  But, alas, ones time to deal with 5 pecks of apples is limited.  Canning, freezing, baking, testing, tasting, experimenting, and saucing.  Love it all.  If you have forgotten, I love fall.  Love it.  Love love love love it.  Jeans and a sweatshirt…

Sweet & Spicy Shrimp

I am pausing in the middle of my Back To School Series and my self proclaimed honey phase, to post this recipe.  We have ben devouring it at our house.  And I do mean devour, with no conversation and just the sounds of lips smacking and forks hitting the plates echoing off…

Carrot & Ginger Rice W/Lime

A year or two ago, a good friend of mine told me that even though she cooked all kinds of recipes from this blog, she spent the most time finding side dishes and new ways to cook vegetables than anything else.  This was kind of interesting to me and I thought about…

Peanut Noodles

When it comes right down to it, the fact that this dish has a no-cook sauce and that I can make it entirely in the blender…well…that is really what drew me to it originally.  After I made it once, it was the flavor that drew me in.  The second time I made…

Asian Smokies

The title of this dish may be just a bit of an oxymoron.  You know, like mexican meatloaf; I could be wrong, but I don’t think there are many meatloaves being made south of the border.  And again, this isn’t first hand knowledge as I am not an expert on it, but…

Ginger Chai Blondies

My neighbor, who ate some of the bars you see in this picture, sent me a text later in the day.  These taste like Christmas!  And they do indeed. These bars are kind of a cross between a blondie brownie and spicy cup of chai tea, but they aren’t as rich, heavy,…

Pork & Prune Stew

Whenever I come across this recipe I think of Fall.  It is exactly the kind of dish to warm you up after a long day of raking leaves, picking apples, running around a pumpkin patch, or just plain spending time outdoors bundled against the cold.  It is warm and hearty with an…

Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps

So here I am sitting at the computer, ready to fill this blank page with what I hope you all see as witty and inspiring words to encourage all of you to get in your kitchens and cook.  Well…maybe not witty, but hopefully inspiring… Yup!  My kids are occupied watching a movie-The…