Oatmeal Carmelitias

I love to make up my own recipes, or take my own spin on recipes, but I can't do that when it comes to baking. I am a Rachael Ray girl to the core and so I cook a lot, but I have not mastered the art of baking. If I bake, I follow other peoples recipes exactly. One of these days I am going to learn what the difference is between baking powder and baking soda, but until then, I am going to use other peoples recipes.

A dear friend of mine, Rebecca Hoehne, made these Oatmeal Carmelitias one day and brought them to work and I fell in love! They are such a unique taste and texture combination. It is like an oatmeal cookie covered in carmel and chocolate chips and then topped with more crunchy oatmeal. Out of control!

The recipe is pretty simple, the only downside is you have to wait 1-2 hours for it to cool before enjoying! But it is worth every minute of the wait!

Pizza Panini

This is my new favorite idea that I am obsessed with. Who doesn't love pizza or grilled sandwiches? This is super fast and easy dinner and I am excited to keep playing and perfecting this meal.


I used really good sourdough bread, spread both sides with butter and then stacked up my sandwich. One side got shredded mozzarella, then pepperoni, a little bit of spaghetti sauce and a few slices of provolone cheese.

I don't have a real panini press, so I put my sandwiches on my grill pan, put another pan on top of it and weighted it down. Ghetto, I know, but it served its purpose. The sandwiches got pressed down and gooey with cheese.

I love this meal because it is super fast and easy. Next time I want it try it with some spinach....what else should I try putting in it? What do you like on your panini?

Welcome!

I have been wanting to start a food blog for a while. I tried to blog about my life, and I was never consistent with maintaining it. I figured if I blogged about my favorite subject, food, I could possibly be successful. Hopefully you will enjoy some of the recipies, ideas and reviews that I share.