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I'm always up for a yummy cocktail but especially in the summer!  My normal cocktail of choice during these hot months is a mojito but the other day I came across a delicious recipe for a new drink called the blazing sombrero! I was on the elliptical reading women's fitness or some such nonsense and found this cocktail and dreamed about it for the rest of my workout. I love all the ingredients in this drink and how fresh it tastes as well.  I don't always use as much jalapeno as the recipe calls for but either way you can't go wrong.  Hope you enjoy this refreshing drink and your next cocktail time!  xoxoxo Blazing Sombrero Cocktail 1 strawberry 2 basil leaves 1 slice of jalapeno (I only use a half) 1 oz fresh lime juice 3/4 oz agave nectar 2 oz silver tequila Combine first 5 ingredients in a shaker and muddle. Add tequila, shake vigorously for 5 seconds. Strain over ice into a glass.

If you know me, you know I love a great glass of wine!!  At the end of the day there is nothing I love more than having a glass of wine and taking a hot bath.  It just washes the bad day away and makes everything better.  I am always on the look out for a great wine that I can find at the grocery store and won't blow the budget (yes the hubs still has me on a budget)!  I like to find wine at the grocery store so I don't have to go to the wine store as well....call me lazy :)  Below are some of my favorite wines that you can find at your local grocery store that won't blow your budget! 1.  Diseno Malbec Is an amazing wine from Argentina that I always keep in the house!  It is super smooth and always a crowd pleaser.  You can pick it up at Publix or Ingles. 2.  Les Violettes Is my hand down favorite red wine!  It is an incredible Cotes du Rhone that goes incredibly well with any meal.  It is smooth, delicious and availabl...

I have this week off work, do you?  I am so excited to have time to do some projects around the house that I have been putting off like organizing photos, cleaning out closets and organizing the attic.  On top of all my little projects I plan to do some cooking as well.  I have been saving several recipes to make when I have time and will be home all day!  I really do love to cook but try to save more complicated recipes for when I have time and patience.  The first recipe I plan to tackle is The Last Resort's Salmon with Grits and Caper Cream Sauce.  I heart The Last Resort in Athens, GA!!  It is by far my favorite place to eat in Athens and I always get the same thing the salmon with grits.  When a friend sent me this recipe from Epicurious I was beyond excited.  The recipe is below for your dining pleasure!  I am hoping it is as easy, as it is delicious.  Salmon with Grits and Caper-Cream Sauce 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup...

Is it just me or is this weather making you want to curl up in bed and watch Christmas Vacation on repeat?? It's rainy here and is very warm one day and then chilly the next.  Whenever the weather is like this it makes me crave my mother's home cooking.  I remember being little and coming home from school on rainy days and she would always have something amazing cooking whether it was chili, homemade chicken soup, chicken divan or my personal favorite poppyseed chicken! When I got married I realized I was going to have to step my game up in the kitchen.  Cereal and sandwiches weren't cutting it and eating out was becoming costly.  Also, my husband asking me "what's for dinner?" the minute I hit the door was becoming an added stres I didn't need.  After working 8 hours, sitting in traffic and then the hubs asking me "what are we eating for dinner?" I might have gone over the edge one night and said something along the lines of "Really?!...