Homemade Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Extract after 2 weeks Check out my vanilla extract update post here! This past week, my grocery list looked a little like this. Yes, that does say a half gallon of vodka.   What did I need a...

Avocado Onion Salad

Avocado is a food that I didn’t used to really care for before marriage.  My husband, however, really enjoyed them.  It took me what seems like forever to even be able to stomach guacamole.  It wasn’t really the taste...

Buttery Soft Pretzels

One of the best things about going to the mall for me is the pretzels that are usually sold there.  The smell just creeps up your nose, enticing you, the closer to the little stand that you get.  How...

Sausage Omelets

So, they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – but it seems that is the one meal that we spend the least amount of time preparing.  Most of the time, it’s a bowl of...

Mini Oreo Cheesecakes

The idea of these mini Oreo cheesecakes came to me several years ago when reading a recipe that called for a vanilla wafer as the base of the cheesecakes.  I thought, ‘Wow, I bet an OREO would be awesome...