12 Days of Chocolate: Chocolate Tea Bread

You don’t have to have any “goodies” with tea, but it’s always nice to enjoy something tasty when you have time to “Take Tea.”  You can enjoy something simple and savory, or sweet and sassy.  Since I have a “thing” for chocolate I love to enjoy it along with a great cup of tea.  This… read more »

Homemade Drink Mixes to Warm You Up

Ohhhh, it’s that time of year.  Time to grab a comfy sweater and make yourself a cup of something sweet to warm you up!  I love storebought mixes – they’re fast and usually quite tasty.  But they can also be VERY expensive and contain LOTS of sugar.  Here’s a few ideas for homemade drink mixes… read more »

Baking with Flavored Coffee Creamers

Did any of you try any of the Homemade Flavored Coffee Creamer recipes I posted last week?  I didn’t get to try them yet, and because one of our local stores had flavored creamers on sale (for 99¢!) we’re stocked for awhile, but I’m anxious to try my hand at making my own and seeing… read more »

7 (or more) Recipes for Flavored Coffee Creamer

My husband & I are BIG fans of a great cup of coffee.  While he enjoys a bolder roast, I am quite content with a medium roast.  But one thing we agree on is flavored coffee creamer!  Roy & I love having a cup of coffee in the evening after things have quieted down, and… read more »

Why You Should Bake Cookies This Week!

We love cookies at our house.  So much in fact, that I cannot make them very often because they are gone ridiculously fast.  Okay – so I still bake them, but I like easy recipes that don’t take a lot of time or make too many at once.  In honor of National Cookie Month, I… read more »

Butternut Squash Soup

There is nothing more satisfying on a cool, Fall day than a nice, hearty bowl of soup.  And since butternut squash is plentiful in the fall, it’s time to put it to good use! This is a soup that my family and I enjoy.  Although it is meatless, it is still filling and tasty!  I… read more »

More, More, I want S’Mores!

Today is National S’mores Day.  REALLY!  I have a serious weakness for S’mores.  I cannot say no to toasted marshmallow and gooey chocolate sandwiched between two delectable graham crackers. But the COOL thing is – there are so many ways to eat S’mores now that you can enjoy them all year round! Traditional.  Yes –… read more »

It’s so Cheese-y!

National Cheesecake Day.  Seriously.  Like I need a REASON to eat cheesecake.  I can celebrate cheesecake all on its own.  After ice cream, it’s one of my favorite things to eat. I don’t like the namby-pamby no-cream cheese cheesecake.  Give me some REAL cheesecake with good ol’ Philadelphia Cream Cheese and I’m a happy camper…. read more »

Copycat Coffee Drinks

Did you really think I’d feature a couple of days worth of Copycat recipes and NOT focus on Coffee Drinks?  P-shaw! I am always looking for ways to make my favorite drinks at home to save a few bucks – even though there is something glorious about standing in line (even at the end of… read more »

Oh the Potato!

Yeah – this one is a tad off my normal post.  But I have to write about it because it has had a huge impact on my life for the past several months!  Having experienced some pretty heavy nausea in my first trimester, and even worse heartburn, nausea and vomiting from the start of my… read more »