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Homemade Egg Noodles

Homemade Egg Noodles

Considering how much I absolutely love and adore pasta, I’m surprised that I’ve never attempted homemade pasta myself. I was doing a little research and found out that there really aren’t too many ingredients and it really didn’t look all that hard to make it, …

Frosted Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bites

Frosted Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bites

Can you believe how close Christmas is? The bad thing about having a late Thanksgiving is that you don’t have as much time to prepare for Christmas. I start my shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday (all done online, I work for a deals …

Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

When my daughter Willa was born she inhaled meconium during labor. She had to be in the NICU for 6 days before we could bring her home. In all of our first pictures of her, she was hooked up to breathing tubes, feeding tubes, oxygen, …

Super Simple and Fast Spaghetti Sauce

Super Simple and Fast Spaghetti Sauce

I am not exaggerating when I say that I make this super simple and fast spaghetti sauce once per week. My 2-year-old, almost 1-year-old, and my husband love this and always request it. Willa calls it ba-shetty and I hope that never changes. Plus, at …

One-Pan Creamy Garlic Parmesan Shells

One-Pan Creamy Garlic Parmesan Shells

Hopefully, by now you know how much I love pasta and cheese. These creamy garlic parmesan shells are a little twist on a mac and cheese recipe and are the perfect side dish for your summer grilling adventures.  I use a simple white sauce and …

Rosemary and Garlic Drop Biscuits

Rosemary and Garlic Drop Biscuits

There is nothing I love more than BISCUITS. Okay, actually I do love mac and cheese more than biscuits, but they are definitely my second favorite food. This recipe for rosemary garlic drop biscuits is a super simple and quick biscuit recipe. You just mix …

Creamy Bacon and Gruyère Orzo

Creamy Bacon and Gruyère Orzo

If you know me, you know I love, love, LOVE pasta and cheese. Macaroni and cheese is my absolute favorite food and I could eat it every day without getting sick of it, but I still like to try making new recipes with my favorite …

Creamy Feta Mac and Cheese

Creamy Feta Mac and Cheese

It’s not news that I love mac and cheese. It is also becoming Willa, my oldest daughter’s, favorite food and I am both proud but also worried she will only want to eat mac and cheese for the rest of her life like her mama. …