Before Trader Joe's came to Texas, before they opened in my neighborhood, I visited my very first Trader Joe's in Phoenix. This w...

Why in the world would anyone want to eat orange peel? That was always my thought when I saw it in a candy case. Even dipped in chocolate...

There are a lot of "lasts" around here. As in, last time we'll do something before Jack leaves for college. Last outing...

We loved Trader Joe's Chocolate Coconut Almonds so much that it was time to try another chocolate covered candy...the  Dark Chocol...

American Buttercream sounds fancy, but what we're really talking about today is good ol' fashioned frosting. Cake frosting. Well,...

A friend asked if I had a good blondie recipe. His mom used to make them, but he didn't have a recipe. I had one...for toffee blondie...

This recipe all started at 7:20 a.m. last Friday when Jack was walking out of the door to work. He grabbed his lunchbox and folder and sa...