(note: this is a picture of a picture--my sister took it for her film photography class!) For the past three years now, I’ve self-impo...

( source ) January 1st, 2010 I introduced Twelve in Ten , where Ryan and I took on a monthly "challenge". Six of them involved St....

Tuna in the can doesn’t bother me in the least bit. I frequently pick up cans of it when I’m grocery shopping because I know I can turn ...

Of all the recipes we've tried from The Twelve Best Foods cookbook for our Best of 2011 Challenge, I think this one stands in first ...

Despite the fact that I'm posting this on November 2nd, we did actually complete our October Best of 2011 Challenge within October...I...

Any guesses as to what the "best foods" ingredient for my second recipe of September's Best of 2011 challenge is? Yes, the ...

Oops. Today is my first of two recipes for the September Best of 2011  Challenge. I'm fully aware of the fact that September has come...

Harvest Restaurant is almost a little-known secret in St. Louis. Obviously it has received enough attention to make it on STL Mag's...

I realize yesterday's Best of 2011 recipe had blueberries in it. However, they aren't the only food from the list in The Twelve...

What happens when you find a recipe for muffin tops but don't have a muffin top pan? You use a DONUT pan instead! I wasn't really su...

Even if Pappy's hadn't been on the Best Restaurants list in STL Mag , Ryan and I eventually would have made our way there. It's...

Looking at the ingredients of this dish, it doesn't seem all that different from your standard salsa...that is, until you notice the wor...

I thought March and April flew by, with vacation and moving, but May passed equally quickly...we started the month with a Fundraising Trivia...

And just like that, another month has passed. Transitioning from March to April proved to be insanely busy for us, even more so than usual. ...

This tuna and vegetable salad is very appropriate for The Sweets Life. Healthy, fresh, and full of vegetables...the perfect precursor to ...

It's no secret that I love  sweet potatoes. I'll put them in chili , in pasta , in enchiladas ...even in bread ! When I flipped thro...