Carnival Sunshine (Part 1) – The Fun

Just I couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be sent by Carnival Cruise Line to experience The Carnival Sunshine, a part of Carnival’s Fun Ship 2.0 line. Crazy, right? The Carnival Sunshine used to be The Carnival Destiny. But in 2013, for 75 days, it was treated to a facelift…a $155 million […]

Italian Meatballs

Italian sausage can make your life so much easier. Ground Italian sausage is packed with so much flavor, it eliminates the need for you to add a lot of extra flavorings to your dish. My regular meatball recipe uses ground beef and while absolutely delicious, I rarely make them because they require me to add […]

Kitty Litter Cake

Totally gross and 100% awesome. This cake will be sure to offend someone. I made this cake for the first time ohhhh , 15 years ago. People were originally shocked to see a cat litter box on the table, but quickly realized it was food..tasty food actually. [rss-cut] I have seen this cake made with […]

Keurig 2.0

Seriously, you are looking at the most amazing invention in all the land. I mean, it’s right up there with electricity and pimple cream. I have been obsessed with my Keurig for years, but it was a little frustrating that when you had company over, the Keurig was not the best way to serve coffee […]

Maple Cinnamon Shortbread with Millstone® Coffee

Are you a dunker? No, not the kind of dunker when you are at the fair and that annoying person is yelling rude things about you at the dunk tank. The kind of dunker in which you dunk things in your coffee? [rss-cut] I know a lot of people like to dunk donuts into their […]

French Press Coffee – The Perfect Cup with Millstone® Coffee

Dear Coffee, We first met when I was a young child as I stole a sip from my Mother’s coffee cup. I must admit, your flavor was strong and bitter, definitely not for me. Even though your taste made me crinkle my nose, your aroma always delighted my senses. Was this a sign you would […]

Oven Baked Ribs

Yeah, well this whole temporary apartment living is really putting a kink in my grilling style. SO when you have no grill, you must resort to the oven. Keeping my oven on for 4 hours here in Tampa when its eleven millionth degrees doesn’t make me happy..but I NEEDED ribs. [rss-cut] Ribs in the oven […]

Rubbermaid® LunchBlox™ Giveaway

It’s been ohhhh, 7 months since I have had a giveaway here…ekkk. Sorry. I am obsessed with these Rubbermaid® LunchBlox™ sets, so when Rubbermaid® wanted to know if I would host a giveaway; I couldn’t turn them down. [rss-cut] I started using these in my kids lunch boxes last year and they are a life […]

Peach Cobbler

Oh, hi. It’s been a while. I have crawled out of my hole to share a super duper easy recipe with you. Peaches are sweet and delicious right now, but I can only be heathy so much by eating one in it’s natural state. To set the record straight, I have been eating about 2 […]

How to Poach an Egg {Video}

Guess what tomorrow is??? It’s National Egg Day. I’m celebrating with Poached Eggs, is there anything else better in the world? Poaching an egg is my favorite way to prepare eggs. My whole life, I have been a sucker for a beautiful runny egg yolk. When I was a kid, I would get a sunny […]

Shrimp Cobb Salad with Creamy Vinaigrette

What screams summer? Well besides ice-cream? Salad. Yep, you’re correct. Salad. Sure, salads are good and all, and Cobb Salads are the bomb diggity ; but I wanted something a little out of the ordinary. [rss-cut] I took the traditional ham and/or turkey out of the mix and replaced it with oven roasted shrimp. Soooo […]

Dark Cherry Buttermilk Cake

Quick post for you today, because I am dreaming of this cake! Remember my FABULOUS trip to California for Dole Summit 2014? Well, they made this absolutely amazing Dark Cherry Buttermilk cake that was CRAZY GOOD. Not too sweet, just sweet enough to curb my ridiculous cake sweet tooth! [rss-cut] And the plus…only 200 calories […]