Appetizers
Hawaiian Skewers
You know when you decide to make shish kabob’s or an appetizer that requires you to buy skewers…so you buy some and then you have them for the next 2 years because they are sold in packs of 50?? That’s Read more…
Italian Recipes
Italian Pasta Salad
Summer time means BBQ’s and all the sides that go with them. That includes my favorite: pasta salad. I love how versatile the dish is. You can add different veggies or fruit, meats cheeses…honestly, almost anything. This week for a Read more…
Italian Recipes
Caprese Spinach Salad with Shrimp
I don’t know about you guys, but eating healthy in the summer is so hard. When we think of the time of the year where we indulge, I think most of us automatically think of the holiday season. From Halloween Read more…
Casseroles
Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
Oh pasta…here we are again. I do post the occasional salad or appetizer, but for some reason, I always find myself sneaking back into cooking noodle based recipes. I can’t help it. It’s the Italian in me, I suppose. Every Read more…
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Father’s Day After Losing Your Father
When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing a blog post. It is Sunday, June 20th, 2021 and it is Father’s Day. This is not my first Father’s Day without my dad. He died on May Read more…
Recipes
Fiesta Taco Salad Jars
Honest question for those of you out there that are single and live alone: what do you do every night when you get home from work? Maybe it is because of the pandemic, but a few nights during the week, Read more…
Appetizers
Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels
As it gets more and more into the summer, I realized how much more appetizers I am making and eating. With the sunshine comes more little get togethers, beach days, and boat days. There are many days where I do Read more…
Appetizers
Tortellini Skewers
This weekend was two of my best friend’s birthdays. One Saturday and one Sunday. Because they both fell on a weekend day in the summer, there were a lot of outdoor, sun activities planned. Link to my Manifestation Journal: What Read more…
Travel
Guide to Barcelona
It’s a joke between my friends and I that if there is an event in Europe and someone I vaguely know is going…I somehow end up getting invited and weaseling my way there. It started with my cousin’s best friend Read more…
Casseroles
Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
When I was little I used to think casseroles were boring adult foods that mom’s made. I am sure for some recipes, I wasn’t wrong lol, but as I became an adult and started to make my own meals, I Read more…