jump to recipe First question: Why make it at home when you can order it from your favorite pizza place? Answer: It is not only 100,000 times better, but it makes your house smell like you are living in a Tuscan villa in Italy. And who doesn’t want that life?!?! Why make pizza at home?…
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Meyer Lemon Elderflower Cake
with Lavender Rose Elderflower Glaze jump to recipe Ok, y’all! This cake was a crazy experiment that turned out to be AMAZING! I made it to represent some of my favorite cocktails, which typically include gin, lemon and St-Germain elderflower liqueur. Additionally, I had a bunch of meyer lemons that I had recently purchased and…
Perfectly Seared Scallops
jump to recipe Your guide to get the most perfect sear on scallops! Why are Pan-Seared Scallops so intimidating??? This is the question I have asked myself about pan seared scallops for years! I’ve seen people cook them, I’ve eaten them sooooooo many times, and then I would try to make them and they would…
Sweet & Spicy JALAPEÑO Pineapple Cocktail
jump to recipe Add some spice to your summer with this tequila cocktail! Summer is here and it’s time to bust out all those summer recipes, including the most refreshing and delicious cocktails! Here is a cocktail we recently created and have been obsessed with! This is a Sweet and Spicy Tequila Cocktail. And we…
Veal and Beef Shepherd’s Pie
You may find this hard to believe but I had Shepherd’s Pie for the first time ever this past year! Now that I’ve had it, I don’t know why I’ve avoided it for so long. Well, I have an idea as to why this happened, but let me give you a bit of background…. Growing…
Pumpkin and Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Hello Fall and all things pumpkin, I missed you!!! If you are like us at all, we crave the first chill of Fall, the blankets and hoodies, the crisp air and unpredictable weather (here in Texas anyway), and of course PUMPKIN, PUMPKIN, AND MORE PUMPKIN! Well, let me help you dive right into Fall with…
Banana Nut Bread Muffins
Growing up my mom would frequently make banana nut bread using the over-ripe bananas that we refused to eat. And soon we learned to avoid eating the last 4 bananas to ensure that mom would make the bread for us! But bread is sometimes a challenge to manage if you don’t have enough people to…
The Cooking with Wine Blog: The Beginnings
Here we go! We finally decided to start a blog, somewhat reluctantly to be honest. I feel like most people have a blog first, then turn to social media, but that was not our journey. Our method was quite the opposite and started as a hobby, or more a way for our friends to avoid…
