Recipes
Hostess with the McMostess: feeding friends
So, my post on Tuesday started out as menu planner for hosting a weekend of grown-up friends and Stephen’s House Peru. My husband serves on the board of this organization and we were honored to host these friends for a weekend away from their normal routines,...
Southwest Egg Bake
This has been a busy fall already. With my brother in law getting married later this month, we have had lots of party weekends. And, I’ve developed an easy breakfast dish that has made its way on a menu 3 weekends in a row. Its super easy and the kind of dish...
Oatmeal Blueberry Bread
This has been a super long week. My grandfather passed away last weekend and I spent part of the week in Texas. And when you come home from a week in Texas, you always come home with a cooler of leftovers. I’m ok with leftovers so that’s usually a good...
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie You’ll Ever Eat
It seems so trivial, yet as a foodie and baker developing The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie was a high priority. Why other things did not fall on the list, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try a brownie next. Some might call it the absolute best chocolate chip...
ice church maple cinnamon scones
I woke up yesterday morning determined to redeem myself. After the catastrophe that was my Friday experiment, I was determined to get it right. And after my pal Debbie posted her amazing cinnamon rolls yesterday I knew that was it. Going to bed on...
Mexican Chicken Stew
For two weeks I’ve been wanting homemade soup. I was all ready last weekend and the lazy bug kicked in so it didn’t happen. But the almost blizzard conditions (remember I’m from TX) that blew in to Northwest Arkansas on Friday left me...
Homemade Marinara
Yesterday, I posted about the Sausage, Spinach and Ricotta Calzones that I made over the weekend. I was completely inspired by an episode of Pioneer Woman that I watched on Saturday. But, I couldn’t just make the calzones without something homemade to dip...
Spinach, Sausage, and Ricotta Calzone
Spinach, Sausage and Ricotta Calzone – sounds like a perfectly simple Saturday after, right? You see, what had happened was. After I got home from our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk yesterday morning and spending the afternoon with my aunt and...















