salted caramel sauce

fall food, in my opinion is about pumpkin and salted caramel naughtiness… sure, we OD on spaghetti squash and sweet potatoes too, but for some reason salted caramel had me at hello. so we made this to go on the super moist and yummy pumpkin corn pancakes we...

perfect pumpkin corn pancakes

the first time i had corn pancakes was at my aunt chris’s house. it was fall, and a friend and i stayed over for some reason just passing through back up to school. i was in college, so a real meal was always welcomed…. i came down in the morning and she...

perfect chunky spicy meat-lovers chili

my husband and i like to think we are so “country”. we made our version of chili this weekend and it was a big hit at the hoe down! we had a hoe down to go to this weekend. it was an absolute blast. lots of friends, a real caller, and of course, a chili...

{skinny} lasagna soup

is there anything more heart-wrenching than a sick baby? maybe. but today, there sure isn’t. i have a wheezing snot machine who coughs like a 70-year-old smoker. everyone else seems to be back up and running, but it’s the baby that makes it sad. cuddles,...