The Missing Ingredient by Cindy Coligan

February 12th marks eighteen years since I left Texas.  It is incomprehensible to me that it has been so long.  I feel like it was just yesterday that I was in my mom’s kitchen watching her make her delicious homemade beef vegetable soup. That soup and her hamburger pie cemented my love of food and cooking.  So now when I’m feeling a little sick, a little lonely or... Read More

The Missing Ingredient by Cindy Coligan

Goodbye goodies, wine and shopping and hello yogurt, fruit and saving. It’s that time of year again when most of us resolve to change something in our lives. Eat healthier, exercise more or spend less. Whatever your resolution one thing is for sure. Most of us will fail miserably. Or at least that’s how we’ll feel when we eat that cookie, skip the gym or buy those... Read More

The Missing Ingredient by Cindy Coligan

It’s December. Can you believe it?   Every year it seems like the holidays arrive faster and faster. Maybe because I’m getting older it seems as though time is speeding up.  Don’t get me wrong though, I love this time of year. Parties, shopping, friends and family—who could ask for more? I also feel the older I get the less stressful I find this time of year. ... Read More

Pumpkin Muffins, by Cindy Coligan

Halloween is over and now in the blink of an eye it will be 2012. Where does the time go, and when did we all get so busy?  It seems like November and December have become more about planning, work and stress than family, love and the true spirit of the holidays. With that in mind I propose that we all take some time to stop and see what we’ve been missing. Fresh or frozen, basted... Read More

No Bake Cookies by Cindy Coligan

As a child, September often stirred many emotions in me.  In anticipation of the first day of school, I was often filled with dread.  Would I be picked on again this year because, yet again, I did nothing to lose weight over the summer, or would this Read More  Read More

Crumb Topping by Cindy Coligan

Everyone knows we’re supposed to learn from our mistakes.  Mom & Dad drilled that into most of our heads from the time we can remember.   But what about when those mistakes actually make things better?   I am here to tell you—Don’t be afraid of mistakes in the kitchen! Read More  Read More