Food and Drink

Dining out is expensive. Even when my husband and I have dinner at a casual dining establishment and it’s only the two of us, our bill is always over $100 – and that seems pretty cheap for most places. Of course, we always order a bottle of wine, so we could eat for less, but […] More

Happy National sandwich day!  No, seriously.  It’s really national sandwich day.   For those of you who don’t believe us:  National Sandwich Day is observed annually on November 3. The sandwich is believed to be the namesake of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, following the claim that he was the inventor of the sandwich.  This day […] More

Pizza, it’s a favorite food of many Americans. And to pay tribute to this, The Daily Meal, the world’s largest food and drink lifestyle site, just unveiled its first-ever list of America’s 35 Favorite Pizzerias — as voted on by its readers. The winners were all located on the East Coast or in the Midwest, […] More

Have you ever found yourself getting super annoyed because you don’t know how to peel an egg?  How about that pesky peach or potato?  We find ourselves having to spend way more time in the kitchen than we need to because the peeling process can be extremely annoying on those foods that are stubborn enough […] More

You are what you eat, so most of us probably have a lot of desire to be cheap and easy. Okay, so we don’t really want to be cheap and easy, but we want our healthy, delicious and amazing dinner recipes to be cheap and easy. As a mother of four small kids, a full […] More

When our television is on, expect to see one of just a few things; Bubble Guppies, Florida Gator Football, Scandal or the Food Network. We may not get much television time thanks to having four kids at home, but these are our favorites and we do love them – clearly I’m talking about the kids […] More

Let’s face it.  Making a steak isn’t particularly hard.  In fact it’s pretty easy.   However, making a great steak?  That’s something else entirely.   Thankfully grill masters all over the country know some secrets that us kitchen dwellers don’t.  They know all the tricks for reaching the sweet spot where the meat is juicy and tender. […] More

My family is not allowed to speak to me until I have consumed at least one cup of coffee, and only then are they to proceed with caution. It requires two full cups before I feel like a fully functioning adult, and until that point they are well aware of the fact that mommy is […] More

Who doesn’t love free food? It’s so much more enjoyable than food you have to pay for, especially when you account for how much it costs to go out anymore. It doesn’t even matter where you dine; it’s expensive these days. For my husband and I to take our four kids to Chick-Fil-A for kids’ […] More