With holidays literally only weeks away, and chestnuts being a major A-lister among the nut family (cough the christmas song cough) I knew I had to incorporate these hunks of shells into my dishes. Or at the very least, attempt.  I remember my first experience with ever trying a chestnut. To me they only existed […]

  Happy Hallows Eve! I remember back in high school my girlfriends and I decided to go around tossing eggs at kids who were vandalizing homes. We didn’t even make it past the first egg after an attempted toss which landed on the ceiling of my car, as oppose to out the window. That was embarrassment […]

Okay…. SO I’m going to get straight to the point here since one of my eyes is officially non functioning due to a sneak attack from my toddler.  Being dramatic?  Yeah, maybe. But it really does hurt. at the current moment though that isn’t even my biggest complaint…. my doctor dilated my pupil which she […]

Have I had german pancakes before? Sure I have. But I must admit, they were nothing until made in a cast iron skillet…. NO this post is by no means sponsored and I’m posting this AFTER they announced the winner of their “Dutch Baby” contest they have going on, so this is purely from the […]

  I had the most relaxing weekend of mah life. Literally. I actually did nothing. Well nothing as in, I didn’t have to be anywhere at any certain time. I also didn’t come into contact with anyone I knew. Which is quite surprising since the area I live in in St. Louis is like my family compound. […]

Ahhh this weekend gave me a run for my money. I had my entire family in town due to a death in the family and when you have an Irish funeral, your liver along with the scale goes out the window. Which sounds pretty much like my life on an every day basis, but it […]

        Egg Noodle (Fettucine, Ravioli, Tortellini) Recipe Recipe type: Adapted from Americas Test Kitchen Prep time:  5 mins Total time:  5 mins Save Print Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for kneading/rolling, etc 3 large eggs Water (as needed) Instructions First take your two cups of flour add to a blender […]

I literally have had some MAJOR recipe fails followed (thank God) by some MAJOR wins! I wanted to jump off of a bridge yesterday after spending seven hours in the kitchen and accomplishing nothing but pure $#!T. Just a giant mess to clean up and  several large glugs of wine.  Thankfully by this morning my […]