Do you know what true happiness is? I can only imagine that it's right up there next to monster cookies and popcorn. Combined. Because doesn't that just LOOK like true happiness? It sure does to me. Anyhoo. It's official. Audrey and I have moved down to North Carolina, and I am now only making dishes … Continue reading small batch monster cookie popcorn.

Your dessert for this week is wrapped up in these chocolately little nut clusters. I have to be completely honest, though. I was a little hesitant in making these at first. See.  I absolutely love the idea of chocolate bark.  Let's melt chocolate and trash it up with a bunch of add-ins and call it … Continue reading chocolate almond clusters.

Let's make this spiked strawberry lemonade our signature summer drink. Wouldn't that be great? Except the problem here is that I'm trying to experiment with a bunch of different alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, so I'm going to be telling you quite often that "this is your new signature summer drink". But can we really do … Continue reading spiked strawberry lemonade.

I'm going to tell you about the most spectacular grilled cheese sandwich. Inspired by one of my favorite soups. But first, did you know that last month was national grilled cheese month? I mean an entire month dedicated to melty, gooey cheese.  Not sure how I wasn't aware that this was a thing?  But it's … Continue reading french onion grilled cheese.

I've got stuffed shells on the menu today. I've always envied those people who have a bunch of recipes on their repertoire. The people that don't need to read a recipe word-for-word to make sure it turns out decent. I'm nothing like that. I don't have a list of go-to dishes up my sleeve. I … Continue reading stuffed shells.