Holiday Recipes

Let me start out by saying that I LOVE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE. And I mean the canned green beans, cream of mushroom soup, mushy, casserole-y, classic that I eat 4 helpings of on Thanksgiving. That being said, my husband doesn’t love it. He doesn’t like …

Halloween is in the air! All my neighbors have their houses decked out for Halloween, including a skeleton man sitting in a chair that my dogs think is real and bark at trying to protect me. Little cuties! I also saw a Sasquatch silhouette across …

I think it’s safe to say that pumpkin and molasses is one of my very favorite flavor combinations. I love pumpkin anything, but the rich flavor that comes from the molasses really makes me feel happy. Growing up, molasses cookies were always my very favorite. …

Can you believe how close Christmas is? The bad thing about having a late Thanksgiving is that you don’t have as much time to prepare for Christmas. I start my shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday (all done online, I work for a deals …

It is cold. Last weekend, I went to my first WVU Mountaineers game and I wore a shirt, a sweater, two fleece zip ups, and a tee shirt over those (I had to wear gold or I would have been ostracized!) and I still left …

It has begun. Baking season is in full effect in my apartment and I welcome it with open arms. Molasses cookies were my absolute favorite when I was younger. My neighbor would come over with pumpkin bread and molasses cookies and I would spend my …

Tomorrow is Cinco De Mayo! I am going to miss my girls in Chicago (especially you, Julia!) on this very special day. We used to celebrate together every year with Mexican foods and far, far, FAR too many margaritas. This year I will be making …

I hope you had a wonderful Easter! More than that, I hope you have tons of delicious leftovers. There is something magical about holiday leftovers. As in, I will actually eat them. I almost never eat the leftovers in my fridge. My boyfriend usually polishes …