Local Honey for My Honey

My MIL has been telling me to get some local raw honey for my honey.  He has nasty allergies and there are claims that local honey is the best medicine for this problem.  I looked into this claim and found there are no official studies for proof.  There was an unofficial study conducted that found […]

Coconut, Pumpkin, and Chocolate Chips!

I’ve been trying to use up some ingredients in my pantry.  I found some pumpkin and coconut and thought, “there has to be something I can do with both of these”.  It turns out – there is!  I found this great recipe for pumpkin coconut muffins.  The sugar on top was my idea (and ended up […]

Perfect Chocolate Cake Recipe

As a chocoholic, I have great appreciation for a really gooood chocolate cake.  It’s so easy to make a boring, dry chocolate cake.  So, I’m always on the hunt for a great recipe. I like to take a base recipe and then adjust some of the ingredients to suit my tastes.  My chocolate cake needs to […]

WW Banana Bread with Wheat Germ

Banana bread is one of my simple pleasures.  Warm, right out of the oven, and melting butter is my favorite way to eat it.  It’s also a nice and easy way to use up over ripened bananas sitting on my counter.  Weight Watcher’s ‘Simply Delicious’ cookbook has been on my shelf for going on five […]

Sea Salt Caramels

Deep breath – I’m about to share one of my MOST FAVORITE recipes EVER!  It’s very addicting and I don’t mean that lightly.  Once made, this barely lasts a full day around here.  It’s just something about the sea salt, sugar, and cream.  A little background – So there I was…in Whole Foods…staring at all […]

Super Chewy Donuts

super extra chewy donut

One of the things I missed most about Maryland was the FOOD!  I had some fierce super chewy donut cravings.  Don’t get me wrong – Texas definitely delivered when it came to good food as well.  It’s just a different kind of food I missed.  Above all, the crabs!  Second to that is the delicious […]