World’s Best Lasagna
Matt is a huge fan of lasagna and until now, I had never found a recipe that I truly loved until this …
Pumpkin Yumkins
Fall is my favorite season of the year for many reasons. Number 1: Aggie Football (okay, this may be Matt’s number 1, …
Poppy’s Perfect Gingerbread
I love finding old family recipes. This day and age, most everything is digitalized, so reading handwritten recipes make me smile. Plus, …
Meatless Mondays: Eggplant Parmesan
If you participate in “Meatless Mondays”, you’ll definitely want to check out this Eggplant Parmesan dish adapted from Mario Batali from Food …
Pan-Roasted Tomatoes
I never was a fan of tomatoes growing up. I remember having friends who could eat cherry tomatoes just like they were …
Field Greens with Red Pears, Feta and Glazed Pecans
As mentioned, I write the resident recipe column in our monthly 60+ page, full-colored neighborhood magazine. If you haven’t seen it, remind …
Leah’s Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake
Note to self: Don’t ever bring a cake to a luncheon, small groups event, or any type of potluck unless I’m prepared …
Lighter Chicken Enchiladas
Homemade enchiladas are one of my favorite dinners. Up until now, my go-to recipe has been aunt Jolene’s sour cream chicken enchiladas, …
Chicken Pesto Pasta
Working full-time and not getting home until after 6 pm many days of the week, I’m usually starved and ready for food! …
Nutella Cookie Cups
Matt and I hosted small groups at our house tonight for church and as always, I was volunteered to make the dessert. …
Foolproof Vodka Pie Crust and Dad’s favorite Chocolate Ice Box Pie
My mom found an new favorite pie crust and it has an unlikely ingredient: Vodka. Supposedly the vodka, because it is 80-proof, …
Upside-Down Wedding Cake (No really!)
Gorgeous cake right? It sure was!!! While the bridal party, the parents, the in-laws, the grandparents, the kids, the wedding guests and …
Blueberry Sweet Muffins
Taking advantage of summer blueberries, I finally got around to making these blueberry sweet muffins, a recipe I had been eyeing out …
Gordon, Texas and Nila’s Skillet Cookies
This past weekend my sister and I headed to “out to the country” to visit relatives who just built a house in …
Pam’s “2 x 4” Chili
August in Texas means mornings so humid and warm that its nearly unpleasant to go for a walk or run, scorching hot summer …
Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Maple-Chipotle Sauce
I don’t know about you, but summer is definitely my favorite time of the year. I used to like cold weather better… …
Heath Bar Poke Cake
There must be something in the water, because within the past year Matt and I have had no less than 10 baby …
Parmesan Skillet Croutons
Unless you count restaurants, I doubt very many of you have ever eaten homemade croutons….I sure haven’t. I think my mom was …
Cedar Planked Salmon
As you know, I write a Resident Recipe column in our monthly neighborhood magazine. The magazine is quite impressive for a neighborhood …
Whole Wheat Waffles
Getting to sleep in as late as you want is one of the best things about the weekends! Today I slept in …