Have you ever gone out for fast food, expecting the ooey-gooey item you’re ordering to look just like the commercial?  Only to realize your big “splurge” that you were expecting isn’t even all that gratifying?  One way to rectify that issue is to take the delicious idea from the restaurant or fast food chain, and [...]

When I first saw this recipe, I figured I wouldn’t like it.  This was about 3 years ago… and  I’ve made it several times since, so apparently I was wrong! I assumed I wouldn’t like it because (1) I do not usually like cinnamon in savory dishes, (2) I never put this much honey/sugar in [...]

Well, I’m back to normal, if you could call this normal.  I’m a bit of a complaining mess these days, being 8 months pregnant and all.  We ended up in the hospital in Labor & Delivery the other day for about 7 hours or so.  Luckily, my contractions stopped and the baby is still all [...]

Happy Snowpocolypse!  Or… Snow my gosh!  Or… well I’ve run out of snow jokes… but apparently today is the start of quite the snow storm.  Personally, I’ll believe it when I see it.  I often think they prepare us for the worst and it ends up not that bad, but I could eat my words [...]

So as you all know, I received a new crock pot for Christmas.  Yes,  still love it and highly recommend it to everyone.  The “programmable” concept is brilliant.  No more overcooked meals by the time Mom gets home, or if something comes up and we don’t stop it in time. My Mom joked that this [...]

Our annual holiday lunch at work was last week.  They ordered in from a very nice restaurant in the area, and I was raving about these little sandwiches that were on the spread there.  They were small, cold or room temperature, and a perfect little savory appetizer.  The combination of the slight sweetness of the [...]

So I found this recipe, and decided I could do it on a weeknight.  What is better than a meal that tastes like you’ve slaved over it for hours, but you actually prepped it in 30 minutes or less? Well, that was my intent on Tuesday night… when my husband decided that we should meet [...]

What a tiring weekend, and it’s all self-induced.  I’m not sure if 14 weeks of a pregnancy brings about the urge to “nest”, but I can’t stop taking on random chores throughout the house.  What I find to be difficult is the house keeps getting dirty around me as this occurs, so I have to [...]

Ah Julia. I was watching “Julie and Julia” on cable the other day … again. I think I could watch that movie a million times (which makes me think I should own it… ).  Being pregnant, I get even more wishy-washy than I usually am, and I start to lose focus with cooking (can’t decide [...]

Tonight I got home from work and tried out a “Margo original”.  I’ve been super in to wraps & sandwiches lately.  I crave breakfast sandwiches (I’ve been good and make my own healthy version and take them to work), burgers, etc.  The cafeteria at work serves up big wraps full of all sorts of things [...]