Haystacks & Champagne

My husband used to sing 'Brown-Eyed Girl' to me when we were dating. It always made me love him more--how can you not love a man t...

Well, after some more horrific episodes of my guilty pleasure (Real Housewives of New Jersey)--aka, self-esteem check, I decided to try ano...

My child and I have a love for lima beans. And now succotash. I recently learned that this dish came about during the Great Depression beca...

Now that the heat is here, I like whole grain summer salads for quick meals. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, but changed it up a bit...

One of my greatest buddies, Lila, posted this recipe on FB recently. She's an amazing cook. She was my college suite-mate and we used t...

Oh, this is such a good salad! This steak house style salad would make an excellent side to grilled steaks and twice-baked potatoes. Or, a ...

It suddenly occurred to me to throw some pears in a salad last night. We were having a savory cheese pie (don't ask for the recipe--my ...

Now that we have weather back in the 70s, it's time to plant some herbs! When I saw fresh mint and basil at the grocery store, I was ins...

When we lived downtown, we had some fun neighbors that we became friends with and ate dinners with.... Kelly Daniel made this amazing grill...

This salad is the perfect example of why I don't like bottled salad dressing. This one takes slightly bit more effort, but it seriously...

This salad is inspired from my favorite little romantic, yet humbled, Northern Italian restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. My husban...

This salad has made an appearance at my Thanksgiving for a couple years now--a lighter approach to the traditional green bean casserole. I p...

One of my dearest friends, Lila Didenko, made this for me one night at her apartment when she first moved up to Chicago. I have never forgot...

It's summertime and the most popular American side dish seems to be potato salad--a terrific accompaniment to grilled foods such as b...

This awesome meal is adapted from Sunset magazine. I love meals that incorporate cabbage. This is only a quasi -Asian meal. Traditional col...