Today is a special day because … dun DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN … they are calling for snow flurries in south western North Carolina. So.

Ohhh Monday. Except this one is a holiday so maybe you are home and it’s not annoying. Here’s to hoping. Just a little meal plan re-cap: I post this once a week to give you ideas and help fill in the gaps. It’s just a guideline because I have at least three days a week …

I still have Thanksgiving ideas on the brain this week, but mostly sweet stuff. In my defense, the title of this blog starts with the word “Sugar” so I guess you weren’t really looking for healthy things… Anyway. On to sharing all the good stuff that made me hungry.

This week has been super crazy bananas busy. I am all over the place! It’s good — all the busy-ness brings good things, and I’m excited for more of it. But the bottom line is, TODAY IS FRIDAY AND I WOULD LIKE A DRINK. Because I need to relax a little. And prop up my …

I’ve made these 3 times. My original intention was to put them in your face with a big scoop of melty vanilla ice cream and a few sprinkles of cinnamon but a funny thing happened. They kept disappearing.

Peppermint Fudge Cake is moist and dense and rich with pepperminty chocolate flavor. DEFINITELY one of my very favorite cake recipes.  I am flat-out annoyingly excited about the holidays this year. I am usually begging the retailers to stop shoving things in my face before it’s time but this year is different. I went to …

I feel like lots of times the story behind the food I share is the same: Once upon a time I worked in __________ restaurant and we served _________ dish and I loved it so much so I decided to try to make it at home and we all lived happily ever after. The End. …

My body still hasn’t recovered from all the candy I sneaked while trick or treating with the kids! Juice fast, here I come! Ok, not really. I’ll be doing THIS meal plan instead! Lots of variety this week! Soup, MEATBALLS, tostadas, sandwiches, chili and… CAKE. I think my overuse of capital letters should tell you …

Hey hey! First Saturday in November!!!! So I’m gonna try something different and share some awesome recipes I think are kind of Thanksgiving-ey. There were so so so many gorgeous recipes last week and so many had a happy fall theme. I’m working on my Thanksgiving menu now (sorry guys. I am not a cool …

  At some point in time I became a sleep wimp. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, I just know that it did and I CANNOT hang. I’ve always been a morning person (I know. Annoying!), but more than that I’ve always been able to survive on little to no sleep.