I am totally smitten with the idea of adding herbs to lemonade. In the recent weeks I've sampled both mint and rosemary lemonade at different restaurants, and now I will never hesitate to order an herbaceous lemonade. Out of all of our herbs (that sadly do not get enough of our attenion...it's all going to Bonnie instead), rosemary has been the...

When making smoothies at home, we were in a bit of a rut. We always mixed yogurt with bananas and some variation of berries or maybe mango if we were feeling a little adventurous and wanted to go tropical. I was a little tired of smoothies, truth be told. Until I ordered the Blue Banana smoothie at the Pro Club's cafe after a particularly tough...

Why eat a boring peanut butter sandwich for lunch when you can instead drink a peanut butter sandwich in cool liquid form? That sounds a tad gross now that I think of it. That question makes it sound like I put a sandwich in the blender with some ice cubes. Not the case. It's a riff off my healthy milkshake that uses a standard base of Greek...

Our apartment in Washington gets hot during the summer. All we have are stand fans that don't do a great job of circulating air (I know... no air conditioning is crazy to a Texan), so it gets really stagnant during the day. If I could I would eat ice cream and milkshakes all day to cool myself off. As you might know, I already eat a lot of ice...

I honestly think this might be the best mojito I've ever had, and you don't have to do any muddling. The blender does all the work for you. Plus, they are extra refreshing on a hot day since they are icy, like a frozen margarita. The texture reminded us of a slushy, so that's what we decided to name them. My only regret is that we didn't make a...

We may have thought that watermelon, feta, mint salad was the best way to eat watermelon, but it's definitely not. Actually it's with tequila and Cointreau in the form of a margarita. We used the leftover watermelon from the salad to make margaritas the following evening. The watermelon is actually pretty subtle in this recipe and refreshing for...

Although Dustin and I are both excited about our upcoming move, both of us are to some degree a little disappointed we won't be living in New York City. I think the top reasons are bagels, Reubens from Katz's Deli, and Momofuku Milk Bar. Everything I've made so far from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook has been delicious; however, they haven't...

Merry Christmas Eve! Tonight we plan on sitting around our Christmas tree, drinking hot chocolate and listening to Christmas carols! Tomorrow morning we plan on waking up to a delicious breakfast and opening our presents before spending the afternoon and evening with some friends where we shall create our own Christmas feast. We'll keep you...

Now that it's December, it is officially the holiday season! I'm not one of those people that like seeing Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving, but by the start of December, I am ready for gingerbread, peppermint, and eggnog! Both my Aunt Kathleen and my mom really like to decorate for the holiday, so I guess it's in my genes. As my...

Hands down cookies 'n' cream milkshakes are my default whenever I decide to splurge on a milkshake. What I really like about this milkshake is it takes the cookies and cream concept, but uses vanilla cookies instead of chocolate, which creates the ultimate vanilla milkshake. There was a partially eaten container of Golden Oreos in our cabinet...