Thanks to Anna from Cookie Madness for this news! Crisco products now boast of less than zero trans fats per serving. All of their products! That is fantastic news for bakers from all walks of life. According to the press release, the new zero trans fat products are on their […]

Need to lose that tiny handful of weight gained over the holidays? Just get sick for a few days! No, really, don’t get sick, but it did help. I was really not hungry, and forced myself to eat for about three days. As a result, I was very particular about […]

This Sunday for Company Dinner, I made a big ole pot of white chicken chili. You can find the recipe for that right here in the Recipe Trove, since I’ve shared that before. I did make a few changes though that were really good- and inspired by my mother who […]

This past Wednesday I was looking for something to do with a pork loin roast that I had in the freezer. Ideally, it would be something that I could at least finish in the crock pot. I toyed with the idea of making carnitas with it and turning that into […]

Honest, I am. I’ve been spending a bit of time fighting off a virus the last few days. So there hasn’t been much cooking, definitely not much eating, and well, I don’t think that me lying on the couch in a semi-comatose state is very interesting writing or reading. What […]

The other day I wanted to braise a cut up chicken for dinner. I had pulled one out of the freezer, and I was busy going through my cookbooks, not quite finding what I was looking for. So I headed online to Recipezaar and typed in Braised Chicken. I read […]

I’m still thinking about diet. Or diets to be specific. Last week I talked about the South Beach Diet, and while I do think it is a sound diet, my final thought on it is that I don’t think it’s really for us. In order for a diet to be […]

Today we woke to a beautiful blanket of snow. You’ve never seen two kids so excited! Abigail was very excited to head off to school and Zander couldn’t wait to play outside today. Sadly, he didn’t last very long as there was a pretty stiff wind blowing, but he sure […]

Just cats. Yesterday we took the kids out to spend some gift cards we’d all received for Christmas, and we also had to stop at Build-A-Bear since the tooth fairy left a card for there too. We couldn’t just get one for Abigail, so we asked Zander if he wanted […]

I am a sucker for trying new products. I’ve been doing really well at resisting, and there are some things that I just don’t get excited about. But generally, I always enjoy trying something new in the world of chips. Potato chips, corn chips, pretzel mixes. Those are always fun […]

Last night’s dinner was a repeat, albeit a good one. I re-made this recipe for Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta, tossing it with spaghetti for a great twist in pasta. It was really good the second time around. I changed it up a little by using my large skillet […]