Cranberry Rice Pudding Parfait

Growing up, pudding was always a part of my life. We made it on a regular basis, and it was a treat I always loved. I tried almost every flavor, but there’s one I didn’t try as a kid – and that was rice pudding. Honestly, rice pudding always seemed like “grown up food” to me […]

How Do You Top your Pudding?

It’s safe to say I’m a big fan of dessert. Cake? Vanilla please! Cookies? Nothing beats chocolate chip. Ice cream? So many great flavors that I can’t pick. Honestly, I really like most sweets (to the detriment of my weight loss journey). I tend to steer my sweet tooth with the season we’re in. Since […]

My Kitchen: Classic French Toast

I was a kid that learned to cook at a very young age. In fact, I can’t even remember a time that I wasn’t helping in the kitchen in one way or another. My parents taught me the basics early on – I could scramble eggs, make a grilled cheese, and boil pasta in elementary […]

My Kitchen: Chocolate Cookie Parfait

I love any excuse to eat chocolate. So when I heard that last Friday was Chocolate Pudding Day, well, I had to celebrate that. Who wouldn’t? So, to celebrate, I whipped up this little concoction… and enjoyed every bite. I also made it during naptime so I didn’t have to share. The best part? It […]

Favorite Cookbooks

You may or may not know that I have a slight cookbook collection. Okay, maybe it’s more like an obsession. As in, at last count I had over 200 different cookbooks. I know, I have a problem. That said, the most common question people ask me when they find out I have so many is […]