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Spaghetti with Summer Squash and Tomatoes

May 12, 2010

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame my mother is Tyler Florence. I just love his show he has a wonderful take on his recipes and plus he’s just so darn cute. Gotta love that. I choose his Spaghetti with Summer Squash and tomatoes, because it looked easy and uses summer squashes [...]

Espresso Martini

April 28, 2010

This weeks Food Network chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Sandra Lee. She hosts the show Semi Homemade and always has a wonderful take on delicious foods. I choose a simpler recipe this week and was looking for a good cocktail. A girls gotta have a drink every now and again. And [...]

Pork Chops in Creamy Champagne Sauce with Rustic Garlic Mashed Potatoes

April 21, 2010

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Robin Miller. She hosts the show quick fix Meals. I chose this recipe because DT loves pork chops and I love champagne, so win win. The sauce was amazing and the pork chops delicious, but the real favorite of the night was [...]

Cajun fish and Shrimp over Cheese Grits and Red Repper Coulis

April 14, 2010

I have skipped the Food Network Challenges hosted by I Blame My Mother for a few weeks now and truth be told it was nice to take a break from cooking for a bit. Though I am now ready to get back in the swing of things with Robert Irvine, you might have seen his [...]

Caramel Croissant Pudding

March 17, 2010

This week’s Food Network Chefs Cooking Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Nigella Lawson. I’ve seen her show a few times and she always seems to make delicious and simple foods. The second I saw her Caramel Croissant pudding I knew I must try it, and it looked so easy. I like to [...]

Creamed Corn with Bacon

March 10, 2010

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Michael Symon. Michael won the Next Food Network Iron Chef competition and is also a owner of several restaurants. I wasn’t too familiar with his style of cooking since I didn’t see his show. But I stumbled across this recipe for Creamed [...]

Michael Chiarello – failed challenge

March 3, 2010

This week’s food network chef’s challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother was Michael Chiarello. Boy was this a challenge for the life of me I couldn’t find a recipe of his that I wanted to make. I don’t know what it was but everything I found either didn’t appeal to me and/or it was [...]

Sauteed Bananas with Tangy Sweet Cream

February 24, 2010

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame my Mother is Melissa D’Arabian. Melissa is the winner of The Next Food Network Star, season 5. I remember watching this show and rooting for her because she was a stay at home mom and a mother of twins. Not only that but she had [...]

Uova in Brodetto: Eggs in Tomato Sauce

February 17, 2010

This week’s Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Mario Batali. He is famous for his Italian cuisine and orange crocs. He has a massive list of recipes all of which look amazing but many have hard to find ingredients and/or don’t seem like something we would love to try, and [...]

Spaghetti Puttanesca

February 10, 2010

This weeks Food Network Chef Challenge hosted by I blame my Mother, is Jaime Oliver. Jaime hosts the show The Naked Chef, featuring a “stripped down” style of cooking. I don’t think I’ve ever seen his show before, but the concept sound very interesting. He has a huge list of recipes and it was hard [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.