As Christmas rapidly steams full speed right at me, my thoughts naturally turn to the food. What’s for dinner? What snacks are we going to be munching on all day? Did I hide the bathroom scale for the rest of the year? Do we have enough eggnog? Do we have the basics so I don’t […]
Cookies for Santa: Classic Peanut Butter Read More »
Today is not my usual post. I often don’t speak of the community that is involved in food blogging, but there is quite a number of people involved in it. There are hundreds, nay, thousands of people who consider themselves food bloggers. Often they come together for conferences, or get togethers, picnics, meetings, coffee, just because. There
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie – A Pie For Mikey Read More »
Now that I’m living amid stacks and stacks of boxes, I’ve come to embrace leaving the house with two small children. We used to do it every day, to head to a Strong Start preschool near our house. That ended after the 15th time going there to find that parents were bringing their visibly ill
Brown Butter Caramel Cake with Whipped Chocolate Frosting Read More »
Today is a very special day. Three years ago today at 3:10am, in a dimly lit hospital room full of busy nurses, I had the most excruciatingly painful experience of my life. This was the day I had my first child, a son (who weighed almost 9lbs. I may add). It was the most crazy,
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Cake Read More »
It’s Christmas time and that means a lot of things to a lot of people. Time to self reflect, to pray, to worship, to love, to give, to sing, to cook and bake, to be with family, to share, to shop and to party. All these things are valid to certain people and I wouldn’t
Christmas Baking: Roundup Read More »
I’m back, but only for a minute. Round here, we like to make vacations last as long as possible…so we stopped home for a brief minute before leaving again as soon as I finish this sentence. Kidding, but not really…I’ll be back on the road again the minute the last sip of this morning’s coffee
Banana Bread Ice Cream Read More »
Today, I’m taking you back to your childhood. No matter who you are, where you grew up or what kind of Mother (or Father) you have, you surely came home to the smell of freshly baked cookies at one point in your life. Whether they were chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, snickerdoodles or sugar
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For this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient Challenge (hosted by Kim of Ordinary Recipes Made Gourmet), the ingredient chosen was peanut butter. Ohhhhhh peanut butter, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: Peanut Butter cups PB ice cream pie PB cookies PB cheesecake Thai peanut sauce PB sandwiches PB smoothies Shall I go
Idle Hand Bars (Sweet & Salty) – Blogger Secret Ingredient: Peanut Butter Read More »
After posting my new cookie recipe the other day, I figured I’d better get to perfecting it, as it’s not quite there yet. So today, while Cohen took his long afternoon nap, I got to baking. I didn’t change much, but the additions I did add have now created the perfect cookie, The Chocolate Nutter!
Chocolate Almond Cookies Read More »