I’ve found it, kiddos…the perfect flavor to kick off SPRING. I don’t know about you, but I am about sick to death of winter. I have had the fortune of being in Florida, Las Vegas, and Houston the past couple of weeks, and got a taste of summer. Pools and glorious sunshine? Yes, please. Then […]
Universal Orlando Theme Parks. Yes, parks. Parkkkssss. A lot of people don’t realize that Universal is made up of two separate but equally awesome theme parks – Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure. It’s hard to want to do one without the other, so why? But the 2 Park Pass, and jump from […]
I love hotels. I love resorts. I love traveling and sleeping in clean white sheets and chocolates on my pillows. I love leaving my room a mess in the morning, and when I return, a fairy has been there and made the world right again. The Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando was everything I […]
Mardi Gras in Orlando? I’ve never been to Mardi Gras. In fact, believe it or not, I’ve never even been to New Orleans. I really need to remedy that, by the way. But I don’t live in a cave, and I do know the culture, the parties, the food, the environment, the stigma, the grandiose–ness […]
There’s a huge movement going on that I’m sure you’ve seen – The Tiny House Movement. People from all walks of life have taken on the task of building (and living in) small spaces they’ve constructed – be it converted campers, or stick built framed houses on moving trailers, converting shipping containers into homes, treehouses, […]
Chicken and Waffles with Strawberries? I am a chicken and waffles freak. Seriously…I can’t take it. If I see it on a menu, it’s mine. I’ve had just about every variety – many of which were in Las Vegas – and every version excites me. For this recipe I created for Krusteaz, I combined a […]
Dark Chocolate Espresso Brownies. Did you know that coffee really brings out the flavor of chocolate? It does. The first time I really had the two together was in 1999, when I booked my first trip as a grown up (yes, really) to Hawaii. We went on a dinner cruise, and at the end, we […]
Don’t run off, y’all. Low Carb does not mean Low Delicious. This pizza…it’s fantastic. I wish I could call it No Carb, as it practically is, but I wanted to be honest. The very few grams of carbs come from the ranch dressing – which are null once spread out across the entire recipe, and […]
I grew up thinking that pasta required one of two things: Tomato sauce or cheese. It’s taken me some time to realize that there are so many more pasta possibilities…be it a creamy white sauce, rose, vodka sauce, mushroom sauce, or something much lighter, such as a vinaigrette. Once I started traveling abroad, I really […]
Sometimes the least complex, least complicated recipe is the way to go. A recipe that has just the right amount of ingredients, without going too far. Without being too fussy. This cheesecake is one of those recipes. Yes, you’ll have to devote a day (or night) of oven space to this decadent creation, but trust […]
I could have called this Low Carb Buffalo Chicken Soup in the blog title, but, I went with Buffalo Chicken Soup, and added the little disclaimer of it being a Low Carb recipe. Why? Well, I know ME. And had I been on the search for a great chicken soup recipe once upon a time […]
Still looking for some delicious and easy recipes to pull together for this weekend’s big game? If you are like me…you probably are. I always have the best intentions of getting my act together, but then Sunday sneaks up on me and ordering a pizza just sounds simplest. Let’s not do that again this year, […]