drinks

• December 21, 2015

  A Christmas Tradition: Whiskey Sour Punch

  As far back as I can remember, my dad’s family has had a tradition of making Whiskey Sour Punch at our annual Christmas gathering — often an open-house style get together on Christmas Eve, filled with food, family, fun, laughter and songs. It was my Grandpa’s recipe, and it was one of the recipes that…

• December 9, 2014

  Sriracha Ramen Noodle Bowl

  I’m not sure if it’s the old age kicking in or what, but I had a bit of a brain fart at the grocery store yesterday.  I knew I had seen a recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try that was some sort of Asian / Ramen noodle bowl.  It sounded like a fairly…

• December 2, 2014

  Pomegranate Cranberry Craze – Three Holiday Recipes

  With Thanksgiving this past week and Christmas around the corner, I’ve been in a festive mood lately.  We didn’t travel over the holiday weekend so it allowed me the chance to have some good downtime and also do some experimenting in the kitchen!  I’ve been spending [too much] time getting ideas from Pinterest, and I…

• September 29, 2014

  When Life Gives You Apples…Make Hard Cider!

  When we first moved into our house 5 years ago, I noticed that we had a crabapple tree in our side yard. Some years it has bloomed beautifully and produced a good amount of apples; other years, it hasn’t done much. The deer frequently come up to munch on the dropped apples or eat them…

• July 23, 2013

  Eggplant Parmesan & Cherry Margaritas

  I decided to be brave tonight and try something new for dinner: Eggplant Parmesan.  Some friends of ours made it for us not too long ago (although, a vegan version), and it was actually quite good.  I wasn’t sure that I had ever actually had eggplant before.  For whatever reason, it just always sounded like…