For many of our Christmas gifts this year I personalized mugs and filled them with homemade hot cocoa mix. I had trouble deciding which recipe of hot cocoa to use, but when I saw an overlap between Annie’s and Michelle’s I knew I had found a winner. With a bag of mix leftover I had […]
Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies
These may very well be the most amazing cookie of all time. Or at least the winner of the “chocolate/chip” category. I’m still a die hard Molasses Spice fan, I must admit. But that’s a completely different genre of cookie. Kevin and I had had an argument. I wanted to bake. It was my way […]
Vegetable Chili
This could also be called: “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” Chili. (Or as Kevin says, “Stuff In A Pot.”) No seriously. It all began when I looked in the fridge and saw the fresh broccoli. I didn’t want it to go bad. I wanted to use it. And I wanted soup. But something fattening like […]
Faux Onion Rings with Smoky Mayo
The moment I saw Rocco DiSpirito in Rachael Ray’s kitchen cooking up these onion rings, I knew they were a must! Just three days later I put the recipe to test. Kevin is a HUGE fan of onion rings, while I have a fairly non-committal relationship with the fried side dish. I prefer french fries. […]
Chicken-Tortilla Soup
This was a recipe I had copied from a friend’s Southern Living’s Slow Cooker Cookbook. I was in the mood for soup. Something hearty. But flavorful. Nutritous. and of course Delicious. I believe this hit the nail on the head. I messed around with some of the ingredient quantities (most changes are noted in parentheses), […]
Hard Candy
This was ALL my husband! After a peanut brittle fiasco, he decided I would do well to have a candy thermometer. (He was right. I thrive on accuracy.) With our new instrument came watermelon flavor oil. He instantly wanted to make hard candy. We brought home our findings and he set to work. The result […]
Pumpkin Nut Bread
In preparation of our 2nd annual Pastors’ Christmas Open House party at our home I have been baking up a storm. Lots and lots and millions of cookies. I figured some people might appreciate a loaf of deliciousness. A change from the cookies. I found this recipe from Good Things Catered and new I had […]
Unstuffed Green Pepper Soup
My mom passed this recipe along to me from an awesome soups cookbook. (I’ll let you know the title as soon as I can remember it.) It sounds (and tastes) a lot like a hearty chili and my dad told me it was “awesome.” (Which is a really high compliment from him!) Kevin and I […]
Swirled Cinnamon-Apple Bread
If you have a bread machine, this recipe is a must! It’s perfectly delicious and (I believe) tastes just like the cinnamon swirl bread you can buy in the store. It’s amazing as toast, but if you like apples and you like cinnamon than you should like this bread any old way. Kevin was a […]
Homemade Pasta
This is something I never thought I’d try but it’s SO incredibly easy I can’t imagine not! I am Italian after all, so I can’t shame my ancestors. :) Don’t be afraid. You can do this. It’s 50 times easier than bread making and even cookie making. Try it! I think you’ll love it! (This […]