The one food I get asked about all the time is quinoa.  What is it?  Why is so healthy?  How do you cook it? And my answer is most frequently, “um, not sure.”  I like… Read more »

Want to hear a funny story?  Last week I was at Sams alone (being alone anytime, anywhere is unusual for the summertime), and remembered I needed a couple of cloves of garlic for a recipe…. Read more »

My oldest daughter has always been our adventurous eater.  We exposed her to all sorts of different kinds of restaurants and foods when she was a toddler, and she just ate whatever we gave her. … Read more »

Tonight we had Turkey Nachos, but instead of regular chips I made Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips.  I don’t have any nutritional information, but these chips must be better for you than store bought chips.  And… Read more »

I could have spent all day watching P. Allen Smith cook.  I think I mentioned that he seriously knows what he’s doing: gardening, cooking, decorating, history, Arkansas…he is like a walking encyclopedia.  He made this… Read more »

I call it The Ultimate Guacamole because you can just delete every other guac recipe you’ve got:  this one is the best.  This guacamole so good that you’ll feel like you’re sitting on the beach… Read more »

Tonight for dinner we had sandwiches, so I won’t bother you with that “recipe”.  Instead, I’ll tell you about this delicious granola I made the other day as a hostess gift for a friend.  We… Read more »

I finally got around to trying this little snack that is rumored to be better than potato chips.  Well, I’m here to tell you that there is no snack better than chips, duh. But if… Read more »

I know tomatoes aren’t in season.  I understand the carbon footprint caused by trucking tomatoes from Mexico to Arkansas and why you should buy locally and in season foods.  But sometimes in January, you just… Read more »

How about a little Christmas gift for friends and neighbors that takes about 5 minutes to make?  These Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels are my new favorite thing.  Go ahead and double this recipe.  It’s that good. … Read more »