Finding Strength in Every Bite; When Cooking Feeds More Than Your Stomach Comforting Beef Cottage Pie Recipe I won’t lie, the first few months of 2025 has been very very heavy. From natural disasters to political and societal strife, this…
Easy Homemade Cottage Pie Recipe – Classic Comfort Food With Heart
Empowering Your Home Entertaining Journey: Introducing My Essential Book!
Embracing Seasonal Cooking and Home Entertaining It’s here! It’s here! My brand new sparkling book has arrived! Introducing my fourth child (only slightly kidding!), Seasons Around the Table, published by Schiffer Publishing! Now on pre-order and releasing this October! Filled…
Apricot Galette Recipe: Simple Steps for a Fancy Dessert
The Best Apricot Galette Recipe Fruit Galettes Are the Easiest and Most Versatile Rustic Dessert to Bake I’ve always been a mix of traditional and free-spirited. My parents were self-proclaimed hippies, and their creative, rebellious approach to life definitely rubbed…
What’s New with Me? – Discover My 2024 Life Update
Life Update + Answering Your Questions Oh! Hey there! I’m blowing off the dust on this website and getting the ball rolling again! You may think I was off relaxing somewhere with a fruity drink in hand, but it’s been…
The Ultimate Loaded Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe
Loaded Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins & Dried Cranberries! At long last the weather has turned cool enough for me to get back to baking! My mornings are typically a whirlwind of school lunches & double checking that everyone has…
Fresh Summer Burrata Salad with Watermelon and Nectarines
This Summer Melon and Fresh Burrata Nectarine Appetizer will Tempt Any Cheese Lover! The long days of summer are just starting to wind down… the light has the gold-tinged hue of maple syrup, and the garden is bursting with its…
Easy Whipped Feta Toast with Cherries, Honey, & Herbs
There are so many fancy breakfast toast recipes, but none quite like this whipped feta toast with honey! You can let your imagination run wild! With it’s smooth texture and salty/briny taste, this spread makes an amazing base layer for our sweet summer fruit and herb topping. The combination of the full bodied flavor of the Greek feta, tempered with rich Greek yogurt, sweetened with honeyed berries and earthy beets…. well, excuse the pun… can’t be beat! This delightful summer mixture of fresh cherries, strawberries, and roasted beets can not only be used with tangy feta, but also as an avocado toast topping as well! The options are endless!