Seasonal Ingredients

An Upside Down Cake and My Upside Down World

January 29, 2013

It appears as though the impossible has happened: I have become a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom), sort of. And I am okay with that, sort of. I was always one to put career first, with no children as far as the eye could see. Even though it was in my “life plan” to have [...]

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread | Football Fridays

October 12, 2012

Fall is my most favorite season of the year. I love just about everything that come with this season: the chill in the air, sweaters and jackets getting pulled out of the closet, college football and leaves changing color. The only thing that could possibly make it better would be if summer fruits were still [...]

Green Bean Stir-fry Two Ways and Neighborly Love

June 27, 2012

I am no expert gardener, though I do tend to have good luck with herbs… most of the time. We have a lovely collection of parsley, basil, rosemary and chives growing in the garden this year. Along with some sad looking broccoli, green bean and tomato plants. We live in the suburbs, meaning that we [...]

Stone Fruit Half-Moon Pies and Pandas

June 22, 2012

I’m a kid at heart, always have been. Most of my favorite moves are of the Pixar variety, and if it wasn’t for all the walking, I could probably visit Disney World every other month. I can also be found browsing through toy stores, just for the fun of it. Plush toys have a way [...]

Peach Blueberry Cobbler Pie

May 17, 2012

Summer is almost here. Almost. I can feel it creeping around the corner, and I know it will be on full blast as soon as we return from our trip to the Pacific Northwest next month. Luckily, we have amazing locally grown fruits to get me through these humid Southern summers, and nothing says summer [...]

Melon Cucumber Lime Infused Water, In Time for Cinco De Mayo

May 4, 2012

I celebrated Cinco de Mayo early this year. Yesterday, I unwittingly scheduled a lunch AND a dinner, BOTH at Mexican restaurants. Who does that? First was lunch at Ceviche Taqueria in historic Roswell, GA with Malika of Atlanta Restaurant Blog. We’ve been “Twitter friends” for at least a year (maybe more?), and it was so [...]

Strawberry Basil Aguas Frescas | Fruit Infused Water

May 2, 2012

From my last post, cooking has been quite the task lately. I have been filling my belly full of fresh vegetables and fruit lately. Thank goodness it’s spring/summer here! Water has been something that I’ve been trying my hardest to have a lot of. Unfortunately, drink plain ol’ ice water is tough for me to [...]

Mixed Feelings & A Strawberry Yogurt Parfait

April 13, 2012

This is a sort of follow-up post to my announcement earlier this week: I have never considered myself a baby person. In fact, I have never been too fond of children. I’m the type of person who has always found children to be more annoying than useful. Even though I have always pictured myself having [...]

Winter Workouts and a Citrus Ginger Smoothie

January 20, 2012

The weather has finally turned cold, then warm, then cold again. Oh the perks of living in Georgia. Thankfully, I joined a gym back in December, complete with whirlpools, steam rooms, sauna and spa. Not to mention the complete yoga and Pilates studios. Who am I kidding? I joined a resort. In spite of all [...]

Clementine-Vanilla Quick Bread

December 30, 2011

As promised from yesterday, here is the recipe for the Clementine-Vanilla Quick Bread that we enjoyed at our holiday brunch. Continuing on with my current obsession with baking goodies from scratch, a clementine-vanilla quick bread was in order. This time of year is when those adorable Cuties clementines are all over the grocery stores, thus [...]