14 November 2009
Yellow Rice
I am always looking for new ways to cook rice. White rice is great with spicy dishes to offset some of the heat – but my family is constantly asking for rice (...)
28 July 2011
BBQ Brisket
My husband has a new best friend. It is called the Big Green Egg (BGE for short). He is obsessed – every night we talk about what he is going to make next. I (...)
11 October 2009
Beef Stew
This week I lost a close friend. It faithfully followed me around the country, and showed up in my mailbox every month for almost 20 years. I would flip (...)
2 May 2011
Onion Tart
My 8 year old daughter is part of a book club. It’s amazing to see these 3rd graders get so into these books – and of course the moms get into them as well. (...)
18 October 2010
Brisket recipe
I have two grandmothers – and therefore, I have two brisket recipes. Both are excellent – but one has a sweet sauce, while the other has a savory one. I am (...)
3 November 2009
Potato gratin
I am always looking for ways to cook really good healthy food. Don’t get me wrong, I love butter, and I love cooking with it – but if I can make a dish that (...)
27 February 2012
Smoked leg quarters with fresh herbs
For the most part, I am not really a superstitious person. I have never really liked Friday the 13th, although my father was born on one, so he claimed it was (...)
12 January 2012
Split Pea Soup
Sometimes I feel like I am swimming in a big bowl of split pea soup…everything is very thick and foggy, and it is my job to find a way out of it. There are (...)
6 July 2012
Watermelon Lime Jello Shots
Summer decided to come on the 4th of July, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I looked at the 10 day forecast, and we are supposed to have the nicest (...)
12 February 2012
Truffle Mac and Cheese
I am holding up the white flag. I feel like I was run over by a truck this week, and I can seem to get the skid marks to go away. What a week – between my (...)
11 June 2011
Coconut Cream Pie
Coconut cream pie has always been one of those desserts I have held in very high regard. It is a multi-step process, that if done right, is completely (...)
29 August 2013
Watermelon whirl refreshing summer drink
When I was pregnant for the first time, I thought I would miss drinking alcohol – it is not that I drank very much, but it was nice to have a drink every once (...)
1 April 2013
Pistachio Pound Cake
Wow…what a weekend!! It was spectacular – blue sky, warm temperatures. You would have thought it was July. Seriously – this is nicer than any weekend that we (...)
2 November 2015
No-Bake Chewy Granola Bars
What did you do with your extra hour? Did you get some much needed sleep? Did you finish that project that you just haven’t been able to fit in? I know, there (...)
23 October 2011
Peanut Butter Cup Blondies
I love baking with peanut butter, in fact, I love to do just about anything with peanut better – and not the grind-it-yourself stuff – I am addicted to Jiffy (...)
31 December 2009
Beef Daube Provençale
It’s stew time. That time of the year when it is cold outside, and you want to eat something comforting. I love the aroma that stew gives your home – I go to (...)
2 December 2010
Apple Kuchen
So I have a confession to make, I have been a little obsessed with baking with apples this fall – not just a little, a lot – and this is one of the recipes (...)
15 June 2015
Dutch baby pancake recipe
Everyone deserves a break every once in a while – and there are those breaks that are definitely worth waiting for. After 17 years of working for the same (...)
26 May 2011
Carrot Cake
When I was younger I hated raisins. I pulled them out of everything I could. I didn’t get sweets very often, so you would have thought when I finally got my (...)
4 October 2010
Mississippi Mud Pie
I was in the kitchen making dinner, and my younger daughter comes in and asks, “Mommy, what are we having for dessert?” I replied with, “Mississippi Mud Pie.” (...)
7 May 2010
Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache
Every year for my husband’s birthday, he requests a chocolate cake. This chocolate cake has a long history, long before we met. He grew up in a household where (...)
8 January 2011
Oatmeal Fudge Bars
This holiday season my mother brought a few “holiday baking” magazines with her to our house. I have always looked at these while checking out at the grocery (...)
4 May 2014
Dahlia Triple Coconut Cream Pie
I am definitely known for going a little too far – in pretty much every aspect of my life. My husband has had to get used to it over the years, and now he just (...)
15 December 2013
Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
My grandmother was 100% goodness. There is really no other way to describe her. She was beautiful – no stunning; she was quiet yet always had something to say; (...)
28 August 2010
Oatmeal cookie with peach cobbler
I bet you have been sitting at the edge of your seat waiting to find out what I did with all those ripe peaches. If you didn’t read this post, then you are (...)
