Just a day after cheesecake factory features the Adams peanut butter cup fudge ripple cheesecake on their Facebook page my DH got the chance to eat at a Cheesecake Factory! I know I’m trying to lose weight but a little…
Category: Food & Recipes
Have Leeks? Make Vichyssoise
[gmc_recipe 258] Lucero De La TierraFirstly, I’m a mom and wife. Professionally, IT consulting is my job and blogging is the outlet for my passions. I write about things that affect the everyday life of a stay-at-home parent or any…
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
The other day I was looking at my Twitter feed and I saw link to an article on eatthisnotthat.com about what 10 foods you should add to your diet that will help you live a longer, healthier life. Not to my…
Multigrain Gluten Free Bread
Other than breaded fried chicken fingers or chicken nuggets the one thing my CookieCookie misses the most is bread. Toasted, warm and slathered with almond or peanut butter and her favorite jelly (which is anything we have on hand at…
Unprepared For Chicken
There are so many nights that time gets away from me. I’m a born procrastinator and sometimes it doesn’t matter how much stuff I have in the cupboards or refrigerator, inspiration just doesn’t seem to strike when I need it.…
Tomatillo Hatch Green Chile Salsa
OK, so I’ve never had Hatch Green Chiles before. The Food Network opened our eyes to them over the years and we felt terribly left out that we had no way to get them around here. Well, lo and behold…
Making Your Own Yogurt
My family loves yogurt. I use Greek yogurt, flavored yogurt, plain regular yogurt and even some yogurt coated treats. We eat a lot of yogurt. I enjoy it because it is a delicious way to add good bacteria – intestinal…
Whole Grain Bagels | Gluten-Free on a Shoestring
CookieCookie is gluten intolerant. We had at least a visual confirmation of this when we eliminated gluten containing products from her diet. The eczematous patches on her arms and legs cleared up and she stopped having random breakouts of hives.…
Warm goat cheese, cranberry and pecan salad « Taste it if you can
When CookieCookie was 17 months old we had to go to Chicago to get her passport. It was a long arduous day and when all was said and done we were very hungry. We came upon a restaurant in the…
Natural Vs. Organic
Going to the grocery store these days you almost need a degree in ag-science or chemistry to understand everything that is on the label. Today the purpose of my post is to help you understand the jargon or grocery-ese that…
