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With the holiday season upon us, we’re excited to announce another year of our “12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.” Starting December 1st, we’ll be giving away a prize to one lucky reader each weekday, right here on the blog! You can enter to win each day’s prize by commenting on that day’s blog post. Comments on […]
Have you noticed that as the air gets cooler, the pumpkin cravings start kicking in? As a girl who has lived in Florida for her entire life, sometimes I forget just how chilly it can get outside and then one morning I wake up and it’s freezing! Okay, so many of you probably don’t consider […]
I have a couple of exciting things to share with you. The first is that today, I’m going to share with you an easy step-by-step on how to make a fabulous quality meal your family is actually going to eat and the second is that…we’ve got an awesome giveaway going on all month long! (There’s […]
There’s something about the fall weather that makes me crave cannoli. You see, once a year my mom and I would do some serious cannoli making. It usually happened after school had started and always on a Friday evening so that we could enjoy our cannoli all weekend. (Dessert that good could only last a […]
What kinds of snacks did you eat as a kid? I had a pretty good appetite (to put it lightly), so I ate all kinds of things. Since my parents weren’t typically home right after school, they always kept the house stocked with snacks my younger brother and I loved; these were mostly things that […]
We’ve talked about snacks on the blog before and we’ve definitely shared some great recipes for everyone to make, but since this week we’re talking about snacks we enjoyed throughout our childhood in the latest podcast episode I wanted to bring up one snack category I don’t think we’ve mentioned yet: spicy snacks. I think […]
Growing up in an Italian-American household meant that pasta was on the menu several nights a week. My mom, who is a teacher both inside and outside her home, always emphasized how important it was for me to learn how to cook—especially how to cook pasta. She taught me that there are many different kinds […]
When I was younger, one of my favorite parts about the summertime was going to my grandparents’ house. There, my grandma grew fresh fruits and vegetables like apples and tomatoes. I remember getting to eat fresh berries the day that they were picked and even helping her make jams and jellies along with my sister. […]
Sometimes the last thing that we think about when making dinner is, “What should I have as a side dish?” I know that I almost always resort to whatever I can find which is usually a bag of frozen broccoli that can be steamed in the microwave. Boring, huh? The truth is that incorporating a […]
In Florida, July has always meant one thing: heat. Our summers are hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk and humid enough to turn the air into molasses. (Can anyone else relate?) I’ve been reaching for the ice cream in the freezer (and wishing I could live in that freezer) more times than […]