I think I’m the only food blogger on the planet that doesn’t have at least a couple of smoothie recipes in their arsenal.  In fact, this is only the second smoothie I’ve made in my entire life!  So blend at your own risk with this recipe because I don’t even know how they’re supposed to…

Before I worked at a lab I worked at a fine dining restaurant, for about six years, called The Sandpiper Restaurant.  I really enjoyed working there.  Their food is fantastic!  One of the unique dishes they created there was called Brandied Pork.  It consisted of tender pork medallions and button mushrooms sauteed in butter (I…

1st. Place. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars   2 nd. Place, Apple Grape Pie Last weekend I competed in my first ever cooking competition.  First of all, I did not win.  Now that’s out of the way I can talk about the rest of it.  It was a competition in which you were given one ingredient…

This was not nearly as sweet as it looks. The cream cheese muted the sweetness, and the saltiness of the bacon really balanced out and brought everything together. It was perfect. I have to admit that I got the idea for this recipe from my father-in-law. We visited my husband’s mother and her husband for…

We really try hard to only grocery shop once a week.  Therefore, I have not been to the store since last Friday, and have consequently run out of apples.  It must be the weather.  It has been pretty nice outside this week.  I think that this weather change has caused my family to crave more fresh fruit. While I…