Grandma’s Pineapple Carrot Cake. Sometimes special cakes come in 9×13 inch pans with messy cream cheese frosting.

Oregon Fruit canned plum crisp with vanilla sugar.

Arroz Blanco. Hot toasted Mexican rice pilaf for a tastier Cinco de Mayo.

In the mood for chicken piccata, but a little short on chicken for my guests. I turned a tradition Italian meal into a pasta dish.

The Italians may never forgive me for this, but potato gnocchi takes only 25 minutes from start to table with dried potato flakes.

The People’s Chocolate Cheesecake

Change up your normal garlic bread with black olives, green onions and cheese.

Beevil the Evil Returns with More S’mores. Will Beevil’s evil deeds go unpunished again? Will the Peep Platoon prevail?

Have you ever wondered what a food blogger’s shooting area looks like? Jam Sauce Crème Brûlée & Inside a Food Blogger Life.

Warm earthy spiced black bean burgers with melty cheese, guacamole and crunchy tortilla chips.

Call it breakfast or health pie. Either way, you won’t feel too guilty enjoying a large slice of this low sugar blueberry pie pi.

As the sun started to fall below the horizon I celebrated the end of the week with a freshly squeezed margarita on the rocks.

There’s only 20 minutes between you and dinner with Spicy Skillet Red Snapper with Tomatoes, Olives & Garlic.

Can you guess what those fried blobs are in this wrap? I bet you can’t!

Healthy delicious Spring Asparagus Potato Soup in about 25 minutes.

Lusciously thick Meyer Lemon Bars and playing down my raging jealousy over a SXSW secret dinner.

Cooked Italian Style Pizza Sauce, Chunky Style

Fresh and green, this pasta salad is ready for spring.

Like magic, brown sugar makes it’s own sauce on the bottom of each ramekin in these Blackberry Crème Brûlées.