The spring of my senior year of high school my parents took a two week road trip where they drove down the Mississippi all the way to New Orleans. With my parents gone for two weeks, I did what any other high schooler would do – I skipped school. I skipped school so I could…
Did you know that Americans eat more avocados on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year? Guacamole is certainly a major player in these appetizer fueled parties. In fact according to the Huffington Post American’s were expected to consumer 79 million pounds of avocadoes during last year’s Super Bowl. So in honor…
Happy National Homemade Soup Day! I LOVE soup. It’s so versatile and has so many different varieties, it’s pretty easy to find something for everyone. The best part of soup for me is that the leftovers just get better and better as the flavors meld together. It doesn’t take any longer to make a big…
I created my version of Southwest Egg Rolls as a way to use up some leftovers. The first time I made them, I already had egg rolls wrappers because I had just made buffalo chicken egg rolls and I also happened to have leftover taco meat in the fridge from dinner earlier in the week. …
This is one of those recipes that I didn’t think I’d like until I tried it. We were shopping at Menard’s one day when I saw a Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book (#EarnsCommission). It was a red binder similar to my trusty Betty Crocker cookbook, so it became an impulse purchase along with whatever…
Bacon wrapped waterchestnuts are one of my favorite appetizers. These are not only a Whitten family tradition, but they are also award winning too.   First, they won an appetizer competition at our Minneapolis office. Then one of my team members made them for a Denver secret ingredient competition, where bacon was the secret ingredient, and…