A couple of months ago I asked for savory recipe requests and someone suggested chicken nuggets. I came across a slow cooker chicken nugget recipe on A Year of Slow Cooking and thought it would be a fun to make them in a new way (plus fulfill my weekly slow cooker recipe goal). Boy, was […] Read more…

Oh fava bean, So bright and green, You taste like spring. But when I get you home and start to shell I want to say go to he– You take hours of time that I’d rather be mine …but I guess you’re worth it.   How do you feel about fava beans? I love to […] Read more…

TGIF! Let’s celebrate by looking at cute cupcakes. Here are my top 5 favorite fun flavors from the last year or so, plus a bonus bacon flavored one. 1. Homemade Hostess Cupcakes This junk food classic is made from scratch without all the artificial flavors and preservatives. Instead, you get a chocolate cupcake with a […] Read more…

Foods with no added sugar – not sure what I would have done without them! For the month of January, I didn’t eat refined sugar. It wasn’t easy at first, but once I located foods that didn’t contain refined sugar (it was sadly difficult to do so), it wasn’t too bad. The hardest part was […] Read more…

Since finishing the weekly unusual Kitchen Adventures, I felt the need to add some structure to blogging so I wouldn’t fizzle out. I’m happy to announce that in addition to Slow Cooker Mondays, every month I will be posting a special cupcake of the month. This month was a tad restricted by my abstaining from […] Read more…