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Happy New Year, everyone! And to celebrate, here’s a recipe for pie. What, you think I’d start the New Year out with celery sticks? Think again, my dearest friends, think again. That’s so not how I roll. If you have one resolution this year, make it this: Eat more pie. To add to that, bake [...]
I have never been a cobbler kinda gal. I like my fruits in crisps, the cakey topping that I usually associate with crumbles can’t hold a candle to the crunchy oatmeal topping that crisps are known for. The story that lead me to this recipe is a common one around this house. It started with [...]
Oh, yes I did! These lovelies were inspired by my first trip to the Bulk Barn, prompted by everyone on Twitter telling me how much I was missing in life by not frequenting said store. And I mean everyone. I think even Jessica Alba chimed in at one point and said “Are you crazy??” Ok, [...]
The devil made me do it. That’s the only thing that came to mind when I realized that on a day when it was about plus 28 Celsius, I was finally making the cookies that have been niggling in the back of my mind for a long, long time. I recently posted the base recipe [...]
This isn't an eye-opening, astounding cooking lesson here folks, but it happens to be what I made using the leftovers from my Southwest Chicken recipe the other night. Only your mind will limit the possibilities here, they are endless! So you need filling, wraps, cheese and a little olive oil. The filling can be anything you want from roasted peppers, to chicken breast seasoned with spices to … [Read more...]
My whole site is just going to be taken over by food this Easter weekend and that's ok. I get a little crazy around the holidays and I love to make food. Holidays bring out the best in me regarding my cooking and creating and also justifies my purchase of a $700 treadmill last fall. It's going to be creaking under me on Monday morning and it's thanks to these Peeps! Since you can make … [Read more...]
Chocolate mousse is food for the soul. There is nothing better than a light, fluffy chocolately bite of heaven and that's what mousse is. I also fool myself into thinking there is protein in it from the egg whites and truly believe that I am eating something that is healthy. Ingredients Needed: 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup of water 1/2 tsp crushed instant coffee 4 eggs 1/4 … [Read more...]
I actually wasn't ever going to post this recipe, we had it last night, and while it tasted great, it really didn't meld together like I wanted it too. And then, we had it for dessert again tonight. And it was perfect after sitting in the fridge overnight, so....I can put two and two together sometimes and come up with a reasonable answer to why that was. It really needs to sit overnight to … [Read more...]
This is the loveliest idea for pictures we have done ever; we took a beloved, traditional recipe and made it together as a family, while my friend Rebecca memorialized it for all eternity in pictures, she's another of my oh-so talented phot0grapher friends. You can take a peek at her work at Rebecca McKay Photography. I can't think of anything that makes for better pictures to send to family … [Read more...]
Truffles mean that God is a woman. I'm just going to put that out there and leave it at that. These are the easiest truffles that you can find to make, and that is saying something. Good truffles take some patience and time and a little artistry once in a while, and these require that as well, just not as much as usual. Ingredients Needed: 2 1/2 packages of semi-sweet chocolate squares (20 … [Read more...]
This is another one of my grandma's recipes, and one of my favorites. Oh, fine, they are all my favorites. It's a given. This is a light, airy, just sweet enough dessert that now has taken top place in my husbands heart over the old one, cherry cha-cha, another family classic. She used to put 2 raw eggs in the middle layer, not something I recommend for a family-with-young-kids recipe, but I am … [Read more...]
This was supposed to be a space shuttle, this cake was not in any way, shape or form supposed to look like it did. It was supposed to look like the one on the Berry Crocker website. The bleepers at Betty Crocker though, sneakily used a white cake. My crumb layer failed so completely at its job on the cake, it wasn't even funny. Because you have to cut it so much to design it, the inner soft cake … [Read more...]
Ever since I made delicious, chewy brownies and promptly lost the recipe for them, I have been searching for a recipe that creates the same chewy-riffic, chocolate bliss that I once experienced. In the searching I learned a few things, how not to mix the hell outta them when you put in the flour, and thus you need to do things in a certain order to be able to do that and to leave out as many … [Read more...]
Pumpkin dip has to be the most amazing, delectable and evil thing I have ever encountered. I first tried it about 2 years ago at my friend Amanda's Halloween party, and it's been true love ever since. It tastes like pumpkin pie filling, and you can eat it on gingersnaps, or graham wafers. I can eat this with a spoon. I would eat it in my room. I will eat it here or there, Sam, I will eat it … [Read more...]
****Time Warning: This should be made the day before you want to serve it***** If you like rum balls this is a recipe for you! Rory is a lovely lady that works with my husband, and word on the street is that she is Famous for her rum cake at work. Famous as in if people know she brought it in, they kick, shove, bite and punch their way to the lunchroom to grab a slice. And … [Read more...]
*Time Warning. This dish has to sit for 2 hours in the fridge after preparing it.* I would like to announce that this recipe is from the bag of a Presidents Choice bag of Texas style raisin bread. I have it cut out, this crazy, wonky little plastic piece of floppy recipe, and am translating it for you here. Let me assure you, that following a recipe from a bread bag is one of the more … [Read more...]
I love my kids, my husband and chocolate.
The order depends on when you ask.
Welcome to my nest!
