22 May 2013
Potatoes gratin
This is such a beautifully simple dish. It’s also quite rich and begs that you throw away your fear of dairy, potatoes and butter and embrace how amazing those (...)
7 April 2015
Chicken Tikka Masandwiches
I made one of our favorite Indian dishes the other day from a recipe I saw in the latest issue of Real Simple Magazine and it turned out great! We had a ton of (...)
1 February 2014
Roasted sweet peppers with goat cheese and prosciutto
This made an excellent little appetizer bite tonight for a get-together we went to with some of our friends. We decided to cook based on a theme and that theme (...)
9 April 2014
The Ultimate Dark Chocolate Brownies
Just look at them. Super dense. Fudgy. Chewy. Crisp around the very edges and topped with a square of caramel chocolate so it oozes out when it’s cut. Simply (...)
16 June 2013
Chocolate Mousse
French Kids Eat Everything was the second book I read in my brainwashing of French food culture (the first was Bringing Up Bebe) and it was the best one in the (...)
19 December 2013
Cranberry Rosemary Biscotti
As I type, I’m eating one of these merry little cookies. The tart bite of the cranberry and the floral spring of the rosemary, combined with the sugary (...)
13 December 2014
Christmas cookies with cranberry, rosemary, and white chocolate
Every year since who knows when, I’ve been making these lovely little biscotti that have a wonderful marriage of sweet, tangy and savory all packed into one (...)
4 May 2013
Coconut Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This picture is of the cake resting on my toy kitchen that I had as a child. Mom and I looked up pics of me and my cousin, Tracy, playing with this kitchen (...)
7 April 2013
Lemon bars with crema brulee cream
I’ve stuck to this recipe for a few years now. I love lemon desserts and my only complaint is that something claiming to be a lemon dessert isn’t ever lemony (...)
19 June 2014
Vegetable Puff Pastry Pizza
This was lunch for me and Olive, today. I LOVED it. We had a random selection of leftover veg in the fridge and my mind always goes the leftover route of (...)
14 July 2014
Banana chiffon cake with salted caramel cream cheese icing
I have a wonderful friend named Katrina. She is the mother of two, wild at heart, loves all things done from scratch and enjoys nothing more than giving things (...)
5 June 2014
Baked Double Chocolate Doughnuts
King Arthur Flour announced on their Facebook page that today is National Doughnut Day. I was set up to post about a healthy snack today, but I was derailed by (...)
5 June 2013
Caramelized Onion Dip
Every summer, certain things tend to become a trend. We nearly always have an official corn dish, a certain way we assemble a burger from the grill, a (...)
6 March 2013
Creamed spinach and basil baby food
Yesterday was one of those days when things just weren’t quite right. I was getting over a stomach virus so I was getting nothing done and Olive refused to eat (...)
1 April 2015
Best Appetizer Ever
Okay, so it’s not spinach artichoke dip (the best junky appetizer, ever) but I love it. It’s just three ingredients! It’s salty, sweet, chewy, and indulgent (...)
6 December 2014
Chewy Dark Chocolate and Apricot Granola Bars
Well, friends, I’m happy to report that my daughter, Eleanor, was born three weeks (almost 4!) ago and she’s doing amazing and we are surviving the sleepless (...)
1 July 2014
Brown Butter Honey Ice Cream in Milk Toast Bowls
This recipe is insane. What’s more insane than each component is the sum of its parts. Matt saw a recipe for Japanese Brick Toast a few weeks ago and I had (...)
26 April 2016
Blueberry Muffin Oatmeal Cookies with Lemon Cream Glaze
My girls love to waste oatmeal. They pick their favorite jams to stir into a base that I so lovingly prepare with vanilla bean paste and butter and cinnamon. (...)
20 March 2014
Wright’s Smoked Sausage and Leek Orecchiette
I’m here to proclaim my love for a particular brand of sausage. No one is paying me, I’m just that fanatic about it. If you try it, you will feel the same way. (...)
28 March 2015
Apricot Cream Scones
Here’s a wonderful recipe I’ve done countless ways over the past few months and it’s delicious every time. Quick, easy and amazingly fluffy on the inside while (...)
31 July 2013
Oatmeal Cookies – Welcome Home
We’re back from a two week vacation that spanned Moab, UT, to the northern most part of Washington, where from the top of a mountain, I could see Canada. We (...)
5 September 2014
Double Dark Chocolate Waffles
The chocolate cravings have gone overboard. I really blame it in all seriousness on pregnancy. When I’m not pregnant, chocolate is good and fine, about on par (...)
27 October 2015
Fried chicken on a biscuit with maple butter
You read that right. Buttermilk-brined chicken thighs, breaded in ground up Chicken in a Biskit crackers and fried. Served on top of a fluffy cream biscuit and (...)
30 May 2015
Dark Chocolate Mousse Parfaits with Cherry Almond Syrup
Last week I bought lots and lots of cherries. Whenever I see that they are $2 pound, I get a little crazy. Olive loves them and will stand at the kitchen sink (...)
27 May 2014
Blueberry granola and cinnamon vanilla yogurt parfaits
This is a very simple snack that you can make ahead of time and have it ready to pull out of the fridge at any time during the week! I had some blueberries in (...)
