Food

Can you trick your tastebuds that always want chocolate after dinner by having chocolate for breakfast? Hear me out here. Maybe if you have chocolate for breakfast, you won’t need it after dinner. Need: (v) the inability to think of nothing else, the desire to have something at all costs, including but not limited to an …

I’m posting a bit later than usual tonight because I’ve been filming a video in my very own kitchen. I’m being featured on several episodes of A Healthier Charlotte explaining quick and easy ways to incorporate healthy foods into a busy life. I’m so honored and excited to be a part of this and will definitely …

I am convinced that spinach is the most versatile vegetable in all the world. Not only can you put it in sweet smoothie and blend it into baked goods (so I’ve heard), you can basically put it in almost everything you eat. …including cheese sauce! Cheese sauce is one of those things I tend to stay …

I got up at 5:30 am this morning to prep dinner and make sure I had time to make Brad a Valentine’s Day breakfast. We already celebrated V day this past weekend on our trip to Nashville (part I and II), so today will be a bit low-key.  But I just can’t let the day pass …

Oh Monday. Life would a little more pleasant if you never came around. It seems that you go out of your way to frazzle me. But I won’t let you get the best of me. I’m going to do what I can to pretend you’re not here and celebrate the day in my own little …

Our first (and only) full day in Nashville started out with a really nice breakfast at Prime 108.   Lucky for us, Brad is a Marriott gold member so we received vouchers for $13 each for breakfast.  There’s a trade-off when your husband travels a lot.  You miss him terribly a few nights every week, …

Hi guys! Happy Saturday afternoon! I’m currently blogging from the lobby of the Union Station in Nashville, TN where Brad and I are spending the weekend. The Union Station is a historic hotel owned by the Marriott. Check out our room! And here’s the bathroom. Overall, I really like the room.  It has obviously been …

Mouth watering filet mignon Luxuriously rich baked red wine risotto Buttery sauteed spinach     Save the best for last… Classic tiramisu My favorite Valentine’s Day meal, simplified for the chef foodie at heart. Check it out here on Creative Loafing’s Eat My Charlotte.