Leeks are one of those vegetable that I don't use very often, but I'm always so thrilled when I do! This soup is wonderful for this time of year...it's warm and hearty but somehow feels light and healthy too! Hope you enjoy it and want to add this light and…

A few weeks back, I stumbled up on @NutmegandHoneybee and fell instantly in cookie-love! Meghan is the uber talented baker behind NutmegandHoneybee and her sugary creations are the things dreams are made of...long story short... we emailed, I salivated over all kinds of sugary goodness and she decided to create…

Every year, on Christmas Eve, we serve deviled eggs. Always have and probably will till the end of time! It's one of those things I have come to just expect to see on the menu. Next to a small bowl of cornichons and baby corns. And at some point throughout…

I am not a baker, so I don't regularly stock my kitchen with pastry piping bags! Every once in awhile though, you need one! What happens when you open the drawers and there isn't one in sight? Simple! Snip off a small corner of a plastic sandwich bag, it can…

Sometimes a recipe presents itself that is just so simple and so delicious it makes it way right in to the deepest part of your heart. That is what happened with this minty-spicy roasted cabbage! I have never been a huge fan of cabbage...don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike…

Every family seems to have one or two things they like to do every year together. We have two, Caviar Christmas and our Tamale Tradition! Our family's tamale tradition is something I look forward to every year!! It's our way of bringing a bit of our texan roots to Los…

The slow cooker doesn't get busted out very often in our house, so when it does it tends to be for something a bit naughty! I like to make my buffalo chicken dip in the slow cooker sometimes...but today I'm all about a lightened up version of a classic...spinach and…

Chicken stock is one of those super simple, no-brainer kitchen skills that every fabulous home chef should have in their repertoire! Think lots of veggies, fresh herbs and chicken! That's really it... You can you a whole chicken..or parts of the chicken..or even just some chicken bones!  I prefer some…

A few days ago I posted a pic of a bourbon hot toddy on my @RealGirlsKitchen instagram and lots of you wrote in asking for the recipe! It's so funny, because there almost isn't a recipe! Everyones recipe will be slightly different...and some may be a bit more heavy handed…

A couple days ago someone on Facebook asked me if I had a good bread pudding recipe and I was super excited because I doooo! I actually had this recipes saved in my archives, just waiting for the perfect time to post it...and y'know what? Now kind of seems like that…