When most people think of a tomato they automatically label it as a healthy food, and for the most part, they would be right. However, there is one flaw when it comes to tomatoes and tomato products sold in the store – sugar. For a person with fructose intolerance this is not just a problem, […]

Fried eggs are one of my favorite breakfast foods. They taste great with so many different flavor combos, whether they are served with toast, on a breakfast sandwich, or on a bed of spinach. But everyone knows that the perfect fried egg is the one that you cut open and the yolk runs, creating a […]

I can remember the first time I ever tried shellfish. My grandma always bought the holiday platters with shrimp and cocktail sauce to serve at our family gathering on Christmas Eve. In my childhood curiosity I wanted to try one so badly, but I was nervous because my dad was allergic to all forms of […]

One of the foods that I like to cook with quite frequently is peppers. Usually this is either red bell peppers or jalapenos, but it can vary depending on the recipe. To me, the frustrating part has always been that peppers of any kind don’t have a very long shelf life. This is especially a […]

I have three favorite kinds of cake: chocolate, red velvet, and strawberry. It doesn’t matter what every traditional recipe calls for, in my mind, all three of these cakes need one thing to make them perfect – chocolate frosting, more specifically, dark chocolate frosting. When I first started baking cakes, frosting was something that I […]

Potato salad is such an interesting dish. When you think about potatoes normally the first images that would come to mind would be some sort of hot potato dish: mashed potatoes, loaded baked potatoes, twice baked potatoes, etc. All of these are items that need to be eaten warm, but then you have potato salad.Continue […]

I have three favorite kinds of cake: chocolate, red velvet, and strawberry. It doesn’t matter what every traditional recipe calls for, in my mind, all three of these cakes need one thing to make them perfect – chocolate frosting, more specifically, dark chocolate frosting. When I first started baking cakes, frosting was something that I […]

As the director of the Drama Club at my school, my busiest time of the year falls between January and March when we rehearse and perform our show. These are the months that I heavily rely on slow cooker meals to keep us well fed and avoid the temptation and ease of getting take out. […]

It is an age old debate…do noodles truly belong in chili? It’s also a debate that we have in my house every time I pull the chili ingredients out from the pantry. Personally, I love chili just the way it is, but my husband believes chili is only worth eating when it has noodles in […]

I may have mentioned it before, but I’ll say it again: Chicken wings are one of my absolute favorite meals in the entire world. I love them with all sorts of different sauces or dry rubs. Usually, I grill them, allowing the skin to get a nice crisp skin. However, this year, on my birthday, […]

Saturday mornings in my house used to be donut mornings, but then Safer At Home orders quickly put a stop to our weekly donut runs. This led to a new Saturday morning trend – homemade brunch. Most of the time the breakfast foods we enjoy are pretty unhealthy, ranging from chocolate waffles, to pancakes, toContinue […]

The first time I ever had this dish was the morning after attending a holiday party thrown by Cole’s work in a cute little town on the shores of Lake Superior. The town was so adorable, and clearly catered to tourists staying on the lake, so we decided to go to one of the local […]

One of the most popular pizzas is a meat pizza with both pepperoni and sausage. While sliced pepperoni is commonly found in groceries stores, the sausage is a little more difficult. However, there is a reason for this – sausage on pizza is best when you are making it fresh. Luckily, this is super easy […]

Cole and I both love chili so much, and luckily, there’s so many different ways to make it! I don’t even feel guilty that this is my fifth different version of chili in my recipe box because each version tastes so different. When I first started cooking with venison last year, my good friend Dan […]