There’s an unwritten rule in our house. My Chief Culinary Consultant can’t casually mention pizza as a meal option and not fully expect to be eating it within one hour. Pizza is one of...
I’m still soaking up every juicy blueberry bite I can get before they start to fade away for the year. One of my favorite things to combine with fruit is cheesecake (big surprise there)....
Now, you know I am one of the world’s biggest peanut butter lovers. I put peanut butter on nearly everything, and make no apologies for it. I’ve loved peanut butter since I was a...
I have never seen the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, and I’ve always wondered if maybe I was missing something. More than that, though, I’ve paused more than once when I hear the title. Do...
Last week, I was in the mood for brownies. I was in the mood for brownies with “stuff”. Not just any old plain brownie, but brownies filled, topped and layered with ingredients. It then...
Summer just would not be summer without ridiculous amounts of ice cream. My mom never routinely kept ice cream at home, so getting an ice cream cone was definitely a treat to be savored....
Summer is making sure it’s being heard loud and clear this week; it’s hot, hot, hot and humid as all get out. I do not embrace the heat. I run and hide from it...
We’re just about at the mid-point of summer, which means there’s still a lot of summer left to be had, but I feel like it’s a freight train barreling out of control. It’s the...
You probably won’t be surprised when I tell you that I eat a lot more candy-filled and chocolate ice cream than I do fruit-based ice creams. However, sometimes there’s nothing better on a sweltering...
My baking motivations come from a myriad of different sources. Sometimes I’ve had a recipe bookmarked for months… sometimes I see something on Pinterest that I want to make immediately… sometimes something in a...
Yesterday, my grandparents came over to visit for the first time since we moved. They came for lunch, and I racked my brain for a couple of days about what I could make for...
Happy 4th of July! Are you picnic-ing today? Firing up the grill? My husband and I are cooking out and having some people over; our menu includes hamburgers, beer and brown sugar kielbasa with...
