Who doesn’t love donuts?  I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t love a wonderfully warm, yeasty donut.  Bill’s Donut Shop has been a family favorite of ours for a long time!  Sydney and I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the owner of Bill’s Donut Shop and get a sneak peak behind the scenes. One of the first things you will notice upon entering Bill’s Donut Shop is the amazing …

Cooking Time with our Favorite Pampered Chef Products Cooking and baking come as naturally to us as breathing does.  As with any other person who cooks and bakes we have some items that we just can’t do without!  Technically we could, but these few items really make kitchen life so much easier.  Easier definitely isn’t always better, but when you have excellent high-quality kitchen tools it truly is. Since we …

This is one of those odd recipes.  You read it and an ingredient sticks out to you as not really fitting into the finished product.  But sometimes it is the odd ingredient that ends up making the dish absolutely terrific!  This is one of those times.  The mystery ingredient in these Apple Crescent Dumplings, that make them so delicious, is Mountain Dew.  Yes, I mean the soft drink!   Sounds really …

How It All Started… We had such a great time talking with Matt and Jeanne Rue at Rue Farms Rustic Potato Chips.  They have one of those neat and fun stories on how they got started in their business of making potato chips.  About five years ago their daughter gave them a fryer as a Christmas gift.  At first they had no idea what they would do with it.  Finally, …

Fall is here and Sydney and I are always looking for fun holiday recipes.  This fall harvest mix recipe is a great fall one because it is so quick and is also very versatile.  Sometimes it is so nice to have a quick and easy recipe on hand!  I am talking seriously easy with this one! The great thing about this fall harvest mix recipe is that if you don’t …

This Pineapple Malibu Rum recipe is so easy…I am almost embarrassed to put it out here.  Almost!  Even though there are only two ingredients, they are divine when combined!  This is one of my all-time favorite beverages! Doesn’t get much easier than this!  Seriously, how simple? [recipe] Even though our family preference is the two ingredient version, you can make some other variations of this drink.  You can add cranberry …

Family Favorite! This bourbon chicken recipe is a family favorite!  It is one of those meals that everyone in the family looks forward to.  It is so versatile also.  So easy to change it up and make it just the way your family likes it.  Our bourbon chicken recipe is so easy to turn up the spice or the sweetness depending on your family’s taste.  It is just a fun …

Our Love of Gift Baskets As far back as I can remember Sydney and I have loved giving gift baskets to family and friends for special occasions.  Whether a birthday, wedding, shower, Mother’s & Father’s Day or Christmas, we just love putting these together and giving them to someone we care about. I use the word “basket” when I say gift basket, but most of the time there is no …

Nothing feels like comfort food more than homemade biscuits.  This easy homemade biscuit recipe is amazing!  There is something very special about a flaky, buttery homemade biscuit warm from the oven.  Whether you enjoy your biscuit with jam, sausage gravy or with melted butter there just isn’t anything better! Sydney and I both love our biscuits the same way.  So at the end of the baking time we like to …