Maple Cinnamon Sweet Rice

Hello, my name is Cindi and I am a rice.a.holic.  I love white, brown, wild, steamed, fried, Spanish, Saffron, dirty, pudding and as you will see, even leftover rice.  I love it all! When I was a kid, my dad would save any leftover rice from dinner and have it for breakfast the next morning.

Hamburger Salad

Summertime in Texas means a lot of iced tea and salads. Jim and I typically have a salad for dinner three times a week. As you can imagine, having the same salad over and over again would get boring. So sometimes we experiment with different flavors and ingredients creating some wonderful dishes. One night I

why i broke up with ben & jerry

I’m a loser and proud of it!  Here’s my story The madness had to stop.  Would you believe that I could (if I wanted to) eat a whole pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in one sitting?  yep…it’s true! It doesn’t matter which flavor is my favorite, I could be happy with whatever my

What’s for Dinner? Slow-Cooker Italian Stuffed Peppers

Don’t you love having dinner ready when you come home? throw this together in the morning… come home after long day of _____________. Toss a salad together… !viola! Do you own a crock pot? I love mine for stress free meals especially for those nights [which are rare but happen] when activities abound. Come in,

What’s for Dinner? Rustique Tuscan Chicken Soup

Yesterday we woke to clouds and rain, rolling thunder and more rain…thanks to a hurricane sweeping up from the gulf, the temperature never got out of the 80’s!  Yes! Yes! Yes! Fall just might finally be here. In honor of our wonderful soggy weather we began our soup du jour season… I do love to