Year: 2009

The Best Chocolate Cake. EVER.

So, funny story. A few weeks ago was my daughter Rebecca’s third birthday. All along we’d talked about the kind of cupcakes she wanted for various birthday functions that week and we’d agreed on Oreo cupcakes for The Big Day. Then, just before naptime- when I was going to be...

Coffee cake muffins

The finale in my series of muffins made for our local homeless shelter organization. I love muffins but I’ve got to tell you, I’m ready for some VARIETY around here! Unfortunately I haven’t been home much in the last few weeks so I haven’t gotten to make anything fantastic in...

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

The latest in my homeless shelter baking shebang and oh so tasty. This muffin looked and smelled very peanut buttery but the taste was more subtle than I was expecting. The texture was perfect, dense, but fluffy. Just like I think a muffin should be. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffinsprint...

Pumpkin Pie with Candied Pecans

Do you know how difficult it is to find a great recipe for pie to make for someone who hates pie? That was my job this Thanksgiving. My mom doesn’t like pie most of the time, and really doesn’t like crust. So what did she ask me to make this...

Snickerdoodle Scones

I can count on one hand the number of times in my life that I have eaten scones. The first time is a food memory that will forever be burned in my mind- it was awful! I mean really and truly horrible. So for years afterwards I assumed that scones...

Banana Nut Muffins

When my mom offered to let me pick our muffin options for an afternoon of baking together the first thing I thought was “I’ve never made a banana nut muffin”. I love, LOVE bananas. I have a slight addiction. Adding sugar, flour and butter just makes them all that much better,...

Gingerbread Muffins

Yesterday my mom and I spent the afternoon making muffins for a local homelessness organization. Safe Harbor is a local program put together by the churches in the area. During the cold winter months the churches band together and each take a week to provide shelter and food for the...

Chicken Marsala with Marsala Risotto

Chicken Marsala is one of my favorite dinners. I have two other Marsala recipes on my blog which I liked quite a lot, but every time I make Marsala I’ve thought to myself that something seemed to be missing. I finally decided to throw together something of my own and wow, this...

Chili

As much as I love to cook, its sometimes nice when Brian takes over the cooking for the evening. Even better, when he makes some as fantastic as this chili! I love finding great crockpot and freezer-friendly recipes. This is also one of those foods that gets even better after...