It may only be the first week of August, but summer is officially over at the Carlisle house. My girls went back to school yesterday! Part of me is having...
When life hands you blueberries, make muffins. Isn’t that how the old saying goes? It isn’t? Well, it should. Some mornings just call for muffins, and this was one of...
My goodness, this summer flew by. I know it’s just the beginning of August, but my girls start school next week! We packed a lot into this summer, more than...
Oh, Peter Brady. Thanks to my deeply embedded (or “annoying”, if you’re talking to my husband) love of pop culture references and all things “sitcom”,...
Never one to shy away from a food trend, I’m happy to say that I’ve finally jumped on the quinoa bandwagon. Have you heard of quinoa? If you haven’t, no...
A while ago, I posted a recipe for a delicious, crowd pleasing (quite large) Cream Puff Cake after I’d tried to quench my craving for a good, old-fashioned Sanders Hot Fudge...
We often joke that Emily, my oldest, could easily be a vegetarian if it wasn’t for pork. That girl loves her bacon, her baby back ribs, her pork tenderloin and...
Isn’t the Internet grand? You have an idea, throw it into a search engine and endless possibilities pop up. That was the case with this recipe. I knew I...
I always find it amazing when I talk to people about cooking and find out that they’ve never cooked up a fresh vegetable in their life. I’ve run across more...
Tomorrow morning, the girls and I are heading home after a two week long trip up to the Midwest. Namely, Michigan and Indiana. We were hoping to escape the heat...
When my kids are home in the summer time, and it’s a kazillion degrees outside, we spend a good deal of time in the kitchen making “fun food”. Generally, there’s...
This salad may go down in history as the prettiest salad I’ve ever made. Even better? It was delicious. If you’re heading to a 4th of July party and have...
I’m kicking myself. It’s almost the end of June and I haven’t been to our local Farmer’s Market yet. What happened to the hazy, lazy days of summer? We’ve been...