My Go-To Easy Recipes

Pull Apart Bread It’s been a long summer. Between the insane heat, traveling and of course a little craziness I just haven’t been in the mood to cook as much. I don’t like to eat out or pick up too much though because I feel so weighted down after the meals. Whenever I want to [...]

Avocados, Salsa, Edamame-Super Dip for Football and Super Food

So you want to make some easy party foods for all of these football playoff games and Super Bowl parties but are trying to eat healthier. Not sure what foods to turn to that will please a crowd and your figure? If you’re like me, you keep hearing all of these good things about certain [...]

Lovin’ No Oven-Easy Dips, Salads-No cook recipes-Too Hot in the Kitchen

Well, I’d tell you Lovin’ No Oven, from Too Hot in the Kitchen, is one of my favorite chapters, but I’m pretty sure I would tell you the same thing about every chapter! Anyway, this one will be your favorite chapter on those HOT southern days when it’s too much effort to turn the oven [...]

Too Hot in the Kitchen book signing at Barnes and Noble

This past Sunday I had my first book signing for Too Hot in the Kitchen at Barnes and Noble in Baton Rouge. We had such a good time… terrific turn out and lots of yummy snacks! If you missed out we had Chocolate Fudgies, Meaty Italian Dip, Eight Layered Greek Dip, and Mini Muffelatas (see [...]

Are You Ready For Some LSU Football Recipes – The Trim and Terrific Way!

It’s that time of year again, and boy am I ready! If football were year round I would be the happiest girl in the South! With LSU’s first game under our belt and the Saints first game tomorrow I’m ready to heat it up in the kitchen with football food! Ok y’all, I made this [...]

A Woman’s Healthy Cookbook with Lifestyle Approach:Ready to Sizzle with Too Hot?

My new book is finally here and I couldn’t be more excited! So much work has gone into this book (every picture in the book Lee and I cooked and photographed!) so now that’s it finally out I have such a feeling of accomplishment! I can’t believe I finally have it in my hand… I [...]