NorCal Happenings

Jason’s Great Grandma Squires came over this weekend and taught my mom, my sister and I how to dip chocolate and make old fashione...

So my new thing is going to be making sugar cookies.  It is too easy to eat A TON of the regular drop cookies- and sugar cookies are just ...

So my foodie friend Jenny made this for us right after we had Kate, and I know it's just spaghetti, but OMG it was amazing.  I think t...

So we have all heard how good for us spaghetti squash is, right?  One cup of it has 42 calories.  If you sub that for your spaghetti, you...

I saw this recipe years ago, and then I had the actual cake once at a Halloween party.  I have to say, it is pretty tasty if you can get...

I saw this on a friend's FB page and think I will make it next time I have a Mediterranean night.  Yummo! Hummus Garlic Bre...

Bacon Grid I saw this idea in one of those Kraft recipe books for making BLT's and wanted to remember it, should I ever be in a place...

Check out how spoiled my son is.  He says that he is "bored of cookies" because I make them "all the time."  :-) And he...

Jason had a jumbalaya at the fire house a few weeks ago and thought it was fantastic.  He tried to make it last week one day, but we had to...

Baked Costa Rican-Style Tilapia with Pineapples, Black Beans and Rice Ingredients 1 cup long-grain  white rice 2 cups low-sodium  chic...

So my sister is a bartender!  Well, not really- she's a lifeguard, but she took one of those bartending class...

Spanish Rice 2 tablespoons oil 2 tablespoons (more actually) chopped onion 1 1/2 cups uncooked white rice 2 cups chicken broth 1 cup...

I had this for the first time at a potluck.  It is a little strange but really delicious and super easy to make.  And any dessert that inc...