*Thanks to Envy Apples for sponsoring this post!  Please note the opinions and recipe included in this post are all me* The older I get, the more I pay attention to the types of food I purchase and eat.  The cheapest option may not always be the best and that super processed food we all grew up on is no longer the move.  The hardest thing about this is stepping away from the brands you've known your whole life.   When I think about apples for example, there are a couple of types that I grew up eating and I do [...]

After eyeing them for years, I finally purchased a dutch oven.  That of course meant I needed to make some dutch oven things!  So I started out with a one pot pasta and per usual decided to share it on my Instagram story.  So many of y'all messaged me asking me to share the recipe.  It is really quite simple and really does cook in one pot!  Check out my One Pot Chicken Spinach Pasta below. One Pot Chicken Spinach Pasta A simple pasta dish that can be made in one pot (dutch oven) in about an hour!  1 tbsp [...]

If you have been following me for awhile you know that I am solidly on "team sweet potato is better than any and everything pumpkin flavored".  While a pumpkin flavored item will never grace my dinner table, I do take some inspiration from the constant onslaught of pumpkin flavored foolery every fall! If they can add pumpkin to stuff then I surely can make it better with sweet potato.  Hence my new favorite recipe, Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls. The inspiration for these was simple.  Sweet potatoes come to life when you throw in some butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.  And [...]

*This post is sponsored by the French Food & Drink Federation, but the opinions are my own* It has been almost two years since my first visit to France and I still talk about the unique cuisine that we tried there.  So, when the French, Food & Drink Federation reached out to me to send a box of French fall favorites, I was of course excited!  About a week ago, they sent over a box of French inspired food items with American flair.   Many of which are items that are perfect for fall.  Keep reading for more on the Goodies [...]

So let's talk about my Auntie Barbie's Banana Pudding.   Here is a little background.  I have shared before that my aunts have a catering company in Kansas City, Three Sisters Catering.  They serve up all of the best soul food dishes at the finest church functions!  Of the three, my Auntie Barbie is the dessert queen.  I kid you not, on any given holiday she is rolling up with four cakes, four pies, dozens of cookies and other desserts like banana pudding.  Nobody in our family would DARE bring a dessert because nobody will eat it if ain't made by [...]

    Well hello April!  Spring time is when Houston shines!  Our brief winter is a distant memory and yet we have not reached peak Houston humidity or heat.  For that reason, I love to hang out outdoors on patios with family and friends before it gets too hot.   Of course, a visit to the patio requires a cocktail!  Enter my new creation, a Passion Fruit Ginger Cocktail! So this weekend, I created the Passion Fruit Ginger Cocktail while hanging out on my parents patio.  To make my life easier, I added the Passion Fruit, Welch's Refrigerated Cocktail as [...]