I don’t want to alarm you, but I’m about to introduce you to something you’ve been missing in your life. Nothing beats a good roasted potato. Thing is – I sucked at making roasted potatoes. One time they’d be awesome, and the next time soggy. One day seasoned perfectly, and the next time, though I…
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Reese Peanut Butter S’mores Dips (4 ways!!)
Hi, you may already know me, my name is Katrina, and I have a problem. This is my own personal jar of Reese Peanut Butter Spread. I keep it in a cupboard, where the kids can’t reach, and when I’m having a bad day, I swipe my finger through it to make things better. Which it always…
salted toffee squares
If you’ve ever tried those almond roca candies, you’ll know where I’m going with this. The candies have a hard almond toffee center, are covered in milk chocolate, and then rolled in toasted almonds. They’re basically a perfect bite of awesome. A few years ago I found a recipe for squares in a Martha Stewart magazine that had…
Blue Cheese Tossed Pretzel Bites
Good morning folks! I’m in an awesome mood today. First off, it’s my birthday, I’m 33, and I’m loving every second of my life. Secondly, I finally get to share this ridiculously good recipe for garlicky blue cheese tossed pretzel bites, that I created for Melt Magazine as part of their fourth Blogger Challenge. We were…
sweet cakey cornbread
Before we even get started on this one – I know. Cornbread is a very personal thing to a lot of you. Especially if you’re from the south (which I’m not, so give me a little extra leeway here). I’ve seen it written that in Texas, if you add sugar to your cornbread, you’re liable…
Oatmeal Banana Bread Snacking Cookies
So, we’re one week in to summer vacation, and I’m already running out of snack ideas (how is this possible). My kids are grazers. They typically like to eat a small little breakfast and lunch, and graze in between those meals and dinner. I try my best to have healthy (ish at least) snacks, and…
Three Cheese Corn Cappelletti with Pancetta
Three Cheese Corn Cappelletti with Pancetta. I show you two ways to make it: one all from scratch, and one in 30 minutes!
Croque Monsieur – The Ultimate Ham and Cheese Sandwich
Alright, here we go, back at it after a week of house-wide sickness, and then another week trying to get everything back in order and the house clean. Sorry. It’s that whole balance thing where, while I love being a blogger, until I’ve got three kids in school (aka the glory years), I’ve got a…
Deviled Eggs
Deviled Eggs are a classic for a reason In our house summer means BBQ’s and birthday’s (We’ve got Uncle Alex and Logan in June, Oliver and Anna in July, and Bo and I in August). That means there are a lot of get-togethers happening in just three months. Growing up, I can’t think of a…
BBQ Jerk Chicken Pizza #GrillWithGrace
UPDATE: I’ve included the recipe for regular (non-jerk style) BBQ chicken in the notes section of the recipe as well! There is nothing more that I enjoy in the summer then grilling a meal outside. The kids can go crazy in the backyard, Bo can relax with Sophie on the daybed, and I can stand at…
The Ultimate Guide to Pizza on the Grill (and the best dough recipe for grilling)
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve pretty much read every authority I could for doing pizza on the grill. My obsession with it started last summer, when on a whim I bought a ball of pizza dough and some fresh mozzarella because I didn’t feel like the salmon I was making for Bo. It…
Creamy Dreamy Lemon Loaf (Shhh… They’re better than Starbucks!)
What better way to start off the Saturday of a long weekend (thank you Queen Victoria!) than with a bright, fresh, tart, summer lemon loaf recipe. If you’ve ever taken a bite of the one from Starbucks, you’ve been wanting to make it at home. If you’ve ever taken a bite of this loaf, which…
Ultimate Macaroni Salad – Amish style with eggs and cheese
There are a few things that you just can not buy. I was walking around, trying to pick out some easy sides for a BBQ last Saturday, trying to make life easier by not making everything from scratch. I picked up the macaroni salad (it was basically fluorescent orange), I looked at the tiny little…
Peach Tea Granita
I don’t think anyone is happier than I am that summer is just around the corner. The kids are finally outside all afternoon on the playground, my hammock is gearing up for afternoons spent flipping through magazines, and the BBQ is finally working its magic a few days a week. Better than all of that though,…
Easy Baked Penne – Lasagna Style
Ever feel like a lasagna, but not all the time it takes. Or really, just how “warm” it feels. I could just be a weirdo here, but to me, lasagna is for cold winter nights, when it’s snowy outside and the last thing you want to do is open a door and let any of…
Sweet Crepes
I make crepes a lot. Mainly just because they’re delicious, but also because they’re so easy, and there are SO many options for them. I know that there are tons of people who are intimidated by making them; they’re so thin, they seem impossible to flip, and if you ever watch someone do it at one…
