These homemade crescent rolls are flaky, buttery and easier than you’d think. They are the perfect accompaniment to any holiday meal! Growing up, there were two ways in which I was acquainted with crescent...
These brownies are the brainchild of Ina Garten – huge, wonderfully rich and complete with tons of chopped walnuts! I first made Ina Garten’s outrageous brownies recipe only a few short months after I launched this...
A homemade recipe for chicken, broccoli and rice casserole made completely from scratch with a cheesy cream sauce and topped with buttered breadcrumbs. It’s been quite a long time since I made a casserole,...
Monster cookies baked into bar cookies – peanut butter dough loaded with oats, chocolate chips and M&M’s. Have you ever tried monster cookies? If you’re not familiar with them, the cookies are traditionally made...
An easy and simple dipping oil infused with roasted garlic and herbs. A perfect light appetizer! It’s not uncommon to go to an Italian restaurant and be served fresh bread with a plate of...
This popcorn version of the enormously popular muddy buddies (or “puppy chow”) is chocolate and peanut butter-covered popcorn tossed in powdered sugar. I first discovered the wonder of muddy buddies a few years ago...
A classic pastitsio recipe – layers of ziti pasta with a beef and lamb sauce, bechamel and loads of cheese! Since we started hosting Sunday dinners at our house, the menu has been quite...
Can’t get canned pumpkin puree where you live or are looking for an easy DIY kitchen project? This homemade pumpkin puree is simple and perfect to use for baking! Once the fall weather hits,...
This slow cooker beef stroganoff is full of wonderfully tender meat and a rich, flavorful sauce. The slow cooker is one of my absolute favorite pieces of kitchen equipment and I’ve grown to love...
This chocolate blackout cake is a recreation of the famous cake from Ebinger’s bakery in Brooklyn. I first heard about Chocolate Blackout Cake years ago, and was immediately taken by the unique appearance –...
These poor man’s cookies are an old family recipe – spiced bar cookies with plump raisins and chopped walnuts. These poor man’s cookies (actually bar cookies!) is a recipe that my great Aunt has...
It’s sometimes hard for me to believe that I started this blog nearly NINE years ago. Nine years! That is an extraordinarily long amount of time, isn’t it? When I first built this little...
