Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California Wine Country is (or should be!) on everyone’s travel bucket list, whether or not you drink wine. It’s just a picturesque place to be, with so many vineyards and wineries to visit. You’ll learn so much about the wine growing and making process by tasting, listening, and taking tours […]
A Time-saving Trick for Making Smoothies
One of my friends had a brilliant time-saving trick for making smoothies, and it only takes about 5 minutes of weekly prep. Separate all of your smoothie ingredients into individual baggies and store them in the freezer, so when you’re bleary-eyed prior to your first cup of coffee in the morning, all you have to […]
Diet Bar Food
Diet Bar Food? Could there be such a thing? Yes, and I can attest to the taste that these two recipes pair well with a good craft beer, and definitely don’t resemble diet food. Last week, I discovered SkinnyTaste.com, which is an incredible food blog with healthy, family-friendly recipes and I want to try them […]
Graham’s 20 Year Old Tawny Port + Creme Brulee at Ruth’s Chris is one way to be over-the-top decadent
Do you ever think you hate something, only to try it later and realize that you had it all wrong? Prior to our trips to California, I really didn’t love port wine. Something snapped on our recent Wine Country trip, and now I see why drinking your dessert is a great way to end a […]
Posh Paired with Sparkling: a Visit to the Bubble Room at J Vineyards
We ended our Napa & Sonoma tour with a big grand finale: the food & wine pairing tasting in the Bubble Room at J Vineyards, which tops my list of wine experiences in Sonoma. Last year, we took a tour of J Winery, learned about their bubbly process, and had a lovely tasting in the […]
Easy Quesadilla Bake
Never go to the grocery store when you’re hungry is advice we’ve all ignored. Such was the case tonight, when I wandered Publix for dinner and strolled past the cooking station serving samples of this easy quesadilla bake. All of the ingredients were right there in the cooler and that was that. It took about […]