Mellissa

Every few months I get the urge to bake, I want to break out an apron, my family cookbook that contains recipes from my Great-Grandma, Grandma, Aunts and extended family that I have never even met. I love spending time in the kitchen but for some reason I don’t bake much. Some of it stems [...]

With the crazy few weeks we are having I needed quick dinners that made some leftovers. Between moving, my travel schedule for work, selling Scott’s house, and our normal busy lives it left very little time for cooking.   Enter Italian Chicken Tenders, something I almost always have the ingredients on hand for (except for [...]

The Travel Thursday found post series continues, from Spain to Portugal. Going back and re-reading these has been fun. This was before Scott and I got engaged and I was still calling him the boyfriend on the blog!   Week 2 of our vacation brought some rest and relaxation along the southern coast of Portugal. [...]

Having eaten a few pasta dishes with a vodka sauce over the years while out at restaurants I figured why not try it at home. When the April issue of Cooking Light featured a recipe for it, I figured now was the time. A lighter, healthier version with shrimp sounded pretty darn delicious. Thankfully we [...]