Archive for November, 2010

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Today is my husband’s birthday. {Happy Birthday love!} It’s been a week long celebration with family, friends, and cake. Good cake. No, I mean really good cake. What I like to call the Ultimate (at least Semi-Healthy) Carrot Cake. I made this same recipe for [...]

Apple Crisp: Quintessential Autumn

Apple Crisp: Quintessential Autumn

What could possibly be better than a warm apple crisp, fragrant and steaming, fresh out of the oven? I would vote a raw apple crisp pulled straight out of the fridge! Ok, so maybe we are comparing apples and oranges here (or at least hot [...]

Local Restaurant Review: Burger Up

Local Restaurant Review: Burger Up

This was one of those restaurants I kept hearing people rave about. And it sounded great! Grass-fed burgers in a trendy neighborhood south of Nashville. A restaurant owned and operated by the owners of the Frothy Monkey coffee house down the street. (Popular with the [...]

Sunny Side Up Brunch Salad

Sunny Side Up Brunch Salad

As much as I love muffins (and boy do I love muffins), I find that a breakfast without some greens just isn’t complete. Green veggies (whether it’s spinach blended into my smoothie or my Sunny Side Up Salad below) give me a boost of energy [...]

Cooking Dried Beans in 3 Easy Steps

Cooking Dried Beans in 3 Easy Steps

This information has changed my life. Not even kidding. I had always shied away from buying dried beans in the past. All the soaking and hours of cooking on the stove just wasn’t something I had the time or patience for. But then I came [...]