Archive for January 2008

SOUP on a Cold Night to Warm the Heart and Tummy

Corn and Crab Chowder I just love the creaminess of a good soup and I also love seafood of just about any kind! I am learning through read...

Tuscan Bread Soup

I adore soups! Fun, healthy, and so *many* varieties! I had a loaf of fresh Ciabatta that was not so fresh anymore and I didn't want to...

January 2008 Daring Baker Challenge

Jen from Canada posted our challenge for January of a beautiful lemon meringue pie. This dessert brings one word to mind: nostalgia, and I ...

Serendipity

Serendipity's Frozen Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe I splurged and bought myself the Serendipity Cookbook and this is one o...

Dinner Menu

Dinner Menu: Breaded Skinless Fish Fillets with Red Pepper Mayonnaise Red Rice Steamed Broccoli I am working on dinner menus aga...

Happy Birthday, baby!

Time flies! This picture was taken 7 years ago (when I first started getting into cookie decorating). My baby is 9 today. He doesn't w...

Family Favorite Soup

Thick and creamy with chunks of Potato and all the Toppings of a Baked Potato! The soup is simple yet has all the flavors of a fully topped ...

Strawberry Croissant French Toast

Bright and Cheery for Breakfast Making breakfast always feels like a rush. I th...

You Say It's Your Birthday...

Today is my sister's birthday. No, I didn't make cookies for her...we're heading to Ben & Jerry's later for chocolate ch...

Blueberry Buckle with Cream Cheese Whipped Cream

Fred Meyers had blueberries on sale in the middle of January and this is one of my favorite coffeecakes to make. The buckle weighs a ton b...

Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Dense and dark, bittersweet chocolate. Small wedges of this decadent cake go a long ways and the whipped cream mixed with Frangelico lique...

A little Steak, A little Shrimp, A little Fun

Wine reduction may be simple if you are a cook who is learning to be a chef and you have to repeat the process 200 times in a semester. I...

Aren't these adorable?: Cookie Exchange!

I came across these cookies today courtesy of The Incredible Shrinking Whimsigal (by the way, check her blog for a great idea for an egg, e...

Fried Egg and Sausage Ciabatta Breakfast Pizzas

I had a LOT of fun making these cut little breakfast pizzas. I found the recipe in the New Bon Appetit magazine and since I am always looki...

Valentine's Day...one month away!

Time to start thinking about this year's cookies....here's a LOVE postage stamp cookie that I love. Why? Number 1, the LOVE stamps a...

Coconut Tart with Passion Fruit Cream

My picture is dark and I am still working on trying to figure out which mode to have the digital camera set at. This is driving me crazy bec...

Almost Apple Pie a la Mode

I am suppose to be doing homework for my accounting finals for this weekend and I keep finding something to sidetrack me. Nothing like a l...

Black Bean Soup with Chorizo and Chicken

I am in such a soup mood today. Ashley, my daughter, is staying the night at her friend's house so it is safe for me to make this. Not...

19 sheets to the wind...

Yep...19. I have 19 cookie sheets. Mostly I use them to transport cookies from my "holding area" (dining room table) to my "...

Sooo In LOVE with Tuscan Chicken

I can not believe that I canned my brains out towards the end of this last summer and have totally forgotten all about using any of my hard-...

A Dish for Entertaining for Romance or Friends and Family =D

(Yellowtail Sashimi) The world is full of wonders, flavors, ideas and choices. Now add to that whole combination the fact that every person...

Shortbread Biscuits With Lemon Icing Filling

I thought I was going to be good and just cook dinner and look through my new Bon Appetit Magazine that came in the mail. I also am starting...

Ricotta Calzones with Sausage borrowed from Taste and Tell

I have so many recipes set aside to try that I am constantly overwhelmed! I have new cookbooks that I want to try and I am constantly making...

Beignets

Beignets, pronounced ben-YAY, refers to a French doughnut being a pastry made from deep-fried dough and sprinkled with confectioners sugar....

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