Today's Helpful Hump-day Hint is a Spring Cleaning Tip. I always clean out my entire fridge in the spring. I love cleaning and organizing it from top to bottom. Here is how I do it: 1. Empty fridge of all its contents. Everything on the counter! 2. Get rid of anything old, expired, or down … Continue reading 8 Tips for a Cleaner More Organized Refrigerator
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My Friday Favorites 03.27.15
Tick, tock, just a few more hours until the weekend, and for me Spring Break! Let's jump right in and talk about all the things I am loving this week. On TV - #DidHeCheat Shonda Rhimes has gone back to the basics with Grey's Anatomy for the past few weeks. I know what some of you are … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 03.27.15
Using Kitchen Items to Organize Your Life
Inspired by an article I read in HGTV Magazine's March issue, today's Helpful Hump-day Hints show how I use everyday kitchen items to organize my life. I'll start with the most obvious - coffee mugs. I have a ton of coffee mugs (it is the go-to teacher gift, people must think we love telling ourselves … Continue reading Using Kitchen Items to Organize Your Life
My Friday Favorites 03.13.15
The weekend is almost here - only a few hours to go! Here are all my favorite things this week. On TV - My husband and I finally started and caught up on Empire. LOVE. Who will inherit it all? Cookie told Lucious the harsh truth this week: "You just don't want to die alone." (Now … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 03.13.15
My Friday Favorites 04.04.14
Here are all my favorite things from the past week! On TV - I realize I need to do a whole separate post about my thoughts on TV lately, but here is a quick snapshot. This week I still have a few Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Law and Order SVU and one Parenthood on … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 04.04.14
Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes – Family Cookbook Scrapbook – vol 3
Here is a delicious dessert recipe for Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes. It is one of my sister's go-to dessert recipes. The recipe is originally from Paula Deen (not one of my favorite people, but you must give credit where credit is due.) Photo originally from food.com Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes Servings: 10 Ingredients: Cake 1 (18 … Continue reading Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes – Family Cookbook Scrapbook – vol 3
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Bacon Syrup – Family Cookbook Scrapbook – vol 2
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Bacon Syrup Recipe originally from Garden and Gun Magazine Serves 4-6 photo from original recipe: Ingredients 3sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1.5 inch thick rounds Canola oil for frying Salt For the syrup: 2 cups bacon, cut into small dice 2 cups pecans, chopped 2/3 cup sliced scallions ( … Continue reading Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Bacon Syrup – Family Cookbook Scrapbook – vol 2
My Friday Favorites 01.31.14
Better late than never, right? I know it's Sunday, but here are my favorites from last week anyway! On TV - I needed to be two days late - just to help me catch up on my DVR. I am still not up-to-date on all my shows, but I did watch the season finale of Carrie … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 01.31.14
Spinach-Feta Bake
Last year I tried a new recipe for Christmas morning Breakfast. I wrote about it here: Blueberry Maple Breakfast Bake. What I loved most about this recipe was it was easy to prepare while I was cooking Christmas Eve dinner and it took the same amount of time for it to bake in the morning as … Continue reading Spinach-Feta Bake
Family Cookbook Scrapbook
As I mentioned in my Happy New year post - my sisters and I have been working on a Family Cookbook Scrapbook for two years. It started as a gift from me to my sister, Roberta, in Atlanta. She loves pumpkins, so I gathered a bunch of pumpkin recipes and scrapbooked them into a binder … Continue reading Family Cookbook Scrapbook