• Miss Universe

    Y’all, I love beauty pageants. When I was a little girl, I used to stage elaborate versions of Miss America in which I would represent 10 or so different states (the number generally depended on the number of bathing suits I could find) and make my babysitters judge. I always rigged it so Hawaii or […]

  • Strawberry-coconut ice cream

    This ice cream is amazing. I have been wanting to make it since I bought the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream book, and it is just as wondrous as I thought it would be. Not quite as pink as I would have guessed, but I can live with that. For some reason, it is really […]

  • Ham and cheese pinwheels

    These are known in my family as “ham and cheese things.” I figured “ham and cheese pinwheels” sounded a bit more legit. Either way, they are super easy, fast and yummy. And you probably have some (if not all) of the ingredients in your fridge already. My mom used to (and actually still does) make […]

  • Walnut-basil pesto

    If you’ve never had homemade pesto, you really need to try it. It is so much better than store-bought, and it is super fast and easy with a food processor. (I don’t think it works quite as well with a blender, but you can use one if that’s all you have) You will need a […]

  • Pork fajitas with mango

    I know. I’ve been posting a lot of fat and/or sugar bombs recently. That’s partly because it’s what we’ve been eating, and partly because I wasn’t sure you really wanted to see my spaghetti with meat sauce recipe (it involves a jar of Ragu. But I’ll tell you if you really want to know). So […]

  • Do you love the 90’s?

    I was caught a little off guard last month when I walked into Forever 21 in search of 80’s-style apparel and was instead confronted by Laura Ashley-knockoffs and racks full of clothes that looked like they came straight of out a Wet Seal or Contempo Casuals in 1993. I probably shouldn’t have been surprised. After […]

  • Blackberry pie

    I was hoping I would be able to do a post today about how to make a great pie crust. But alas, my last two attempts were too chewy and not flaky enough. If you have a good pie crust recipe, send it my way. Otherwise, you can go with a frozen crust. The refrigerated […]

  • Moist, cheesy, jalapeno-y cornbread

    Originally this bread was going to be part of a semi-balanced meal. But I left the chicken in the Crockpot too long, and it ended up black and crispy. Gross. Then I bought new chicken, but we decided we weren’t really that hungry. So we just had this for dinner. If you can’t tell, this […]

  • Strawberries, sour cream and brown sugar

    I know. It sounds disgusting. But seriously, it is really good. Isabel is the one who told me about this. Actually, she texted me about it. And kept texting and texting. She is totally obsessed with it and wanted me to try it. Yeah, it isn’t technically a recipe. But I wanted to share it […]

  • Banana coconut muffins

    Remember these? Well, I didn’t have time to bake something with them when they were at this point, so I mashed them up (with a fork) and froze them. Then, today, I took this happy bag of banana mush out of the freezer, thawed it out in the fridge and made my favorite muffins. I […]