I have the softest of soft spots in my heart for pot roast. It’s one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Every single week while my mom was alive, we had pot roast and baked potatoes on Sunday afternoon. Now that I’m an adult and the default pot roast maker, I love the smell while… Read Post
Many of you followed along on my Instagram account this past week as I traveled around Ireland with my husband and our oldest son. It was our first time visiting and it was as enchanting as every movie makes it out to be! We ate at lots of pubs and restaurants and most of them… Read Post
I have a confession: I had never had queso at a Mexican restaurant (or anywhere else) until about 5-6 years ago. Sure, there were cheese dips at parties, usually Velveeta-based dips, but I had never had white queso until I went to dinner with some friends and one of them ordered a bowl of it… Read Post
Did anyone ever read Bedtime for Frances when you were a kid? Or read it to your kids? I LOVED the Frances books when I was a kid and then they became my favorites again when I was an adult reading to my spawn. In Bedtime for Frances, Frances the badger will not go to bed and… Read Post
We’ve got lots of frosting recipes on this site (most are attached to cakes or cupcakes), but the other day someone asked me for a go-to chocolate frosting and I realized we didn’t have this one in our index. I love chocolate, and I love fancy chocolate frostings like Swiss Meringue buttercream, Whipped Ganache, or… Read Post
When September rolls around I’m always 100% ready to jump right into Apple recipes. I love pumpkin and pumpkin spice, but there’s something about Apples in September, when the summer weather is still lingering but things are just starting to turn. Where I live I’ve been noticing amazing deals on fresh apples so I thought… Read Post
Brigadeiros. Probably one of the most iconic Brazilian foods and part of a whole food classification they enjoy there called “Docinhos” or “Little Sweets”. Bite-sized confections that make appearances at almost every party! Of all the “little sweets” Brigadeiros are the most beloved. They involve only 3 main ingredients and are basically little balls of… Read Post
So. School has started. After school activities have started. My oldest and youngest are in a local production of The Little Mermaid (and the oldest is Flounder, so he’s at every rehearsal.) And I’m just so. freaking. tired. All the time. We’re hitting up the drive-thru more than we should and I think all of us… Read Post
Ever since I was a tiny kid, I’ve been in love with pickles. I’ve also always had very specific feelings about pickles and even now, if you try and serve me a sweet pickle, that might be the end of things between us. Right now, I have at least 4 jars of pickles in my… Read Post
This post is created in paid partnership with the maker of OxiClean™. All opinions and laundry experiences are authentically mine! You know those laundry commercials with the personal stories? Do you ever wonder if those come from actual people?? Well this one does! I submitted an experience to the maker of OxiClean™ White Revive and… Read Post
I have another recipe for Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream that was one of the very first ice cream recipes I ever posted on Our Best Bites. It’s one of my all-time favorites, and involves pitted fresh cherries in a cooked custard-base with shaved chocolate and generous hints of almond flavor. It’s decadently delicious, but also… Read Post
