• Bread,  Food,  Fun,  Muffins

    Apple Flax Muffins

    Did you know that February is American Heart Month?! I have teamed up with American Recall Center to bring you some recipes and awareness this month for your ticker. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in America and I would like to share some tips on how to get healthier and also provide some yummy recipes too! Today I am sharing a Flax Meal recipe and did you know that Flax Seed and Flax Seed Meal are good for your heart?! There are full of Omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and phytoestrogens. Which is great for you! Ground flaxseed hides easily in all sorts of foods — yogurt parfaits,…

  • Drinks,  Fun

    Mojito

    Sometimes a girl just needs a drink! You know those things called weekends where you take it easy and relax? I have no idea what that means…. I work hard on the weekends. I renovate, I work out, I clean, I mow the lawn, I meet with vendors for the wedding. Weekends are NOT for relaxing for me right now. Hope that changes after the wedding though! But for now, they are jammed packed. Full of getting things done, having meetings with vendors, trying to keep the yard up and renovating our guest bathroom (which will hopefully be the last thing we do until next year) and trying to have…

  • Cooking Light,  Fish,  Food,  House,  Vegetables

    Pan-Seared Scallops with Cauliflower “Mash”

    Do you like home renovation projects? Patrick and I are constantly working on our house. There is a sense of satisfaction when you finish and it is something you have worked on and it actually looks nice! Granted my parents have been nice enough to show us the ropes on many, many, MANY home improvement tricks. I have watched my parents flip houses for years and have been a part of many of them. So I suppose it is only natural that I am wanting to do the same thing with my own. I am pretty sure Patrick thinks I am nuts, but he seems to be enjoying the process…

  • Appetizer,  Cooking Light,  Food,  Healthy,  Vegetables

    Baked Zucchini Chips

    Good Wednesday morning my friends! How has your week been thus far? Good? Terrible? Mine has been…well, there. haha {{A couple of administrative items first}} #1 Please don’t forget that I am running a contest with Dishversity right now and you could win The Science of Good Cooking cookbook and a 7-piece Le Creuset cooking utensil set. The rules on how to enter the contest have changed a little so make sure you go on over and check it out!! However, I will explain here too. If you join Dishversity, you will get 1 entry into the contest to win the items. If you make a recipe of mine from…