Sorry that I didn’t have a post last week. Work travel again and was just tuckered out. A lot has gone on in the kitchen though over the past two weeks. I’ve made my youngest’s graduation cake (and peanut butter cookies and brownie bites) for the Open House. They wanted pink icing and gave the… Continue reading Busy Two Weeks

No post tonight. Democracy is more important than baking. Watching the hearings and hope you are as well. Back next week.

If you are reading my other posts, you’ll know I can be a bit adventurous in my eating. There isn’t much I won’t try at least once. This past weekend provided me with an opportunity to try something new that I’d seen many times on food shows, but not in real life. My great nephew… Continue reading First Taste

The oven was heating and the mixer was spinning this past weekend. My work team has been really pushing through some tough projects and tight timelines. Thought I’d take some goodies in since I can’t do cash. With a couple of gluten-free team members, I wanted to make something they could have along with the… Continue reading Mango Butter and Strawberries

This evening I attended an event to honor an inspiring teacher, model leader, and a truly caring human being. She is brilliant, talented, savvy, and persistent. In collaboration with a team of visionary teachers, she helped to start the Center for Inquiry, and helped grow it into the collection of schools it is today. CFI… Continue reading The Ripple Effect

Tonight I’m going to fanboy on my Hubby! For the past two years, my hubby has been wanting a smoker. He did his research, compared different brands, and went to visit them at the stores. In the end, he wanted a red Kamado Joe brand. After deciding, it became basically impossible to find. There was… Continue reading New Smoker

There were three bananas in the pantry I had set aside to ripen. I had seen a recipe that had intrigued me that required several ripened bananas. They were at just the right stage to be used. Collecting my cooking magazines, I went in search of the recipe I had wanted. I looked through magazine… Continue reading Second Choice Recipe

One book, out of the several books I purchased this past weekend, was a cookbook. Gasp! Surprised? Shocked? Thrown for a loop? I didn’t think so. It was the cover that pulled me in. Any book with a croissant, a tart, and an eclair on it has to be good. With the title of Bake… Continue reading French Pastry Anyone?

Our youngest son came to visit this past weekend. When we found out, one of the things we asked was if he had any special requests for a family dinner Saturday night. His reply was pesto chicken, and apple pie or apple crisp. I asked if he had a preference and he said to surprise… Continue reading As Simple as Apple Pie

The ingredients included things like onion, tomato paste and purée, red wine, bell pepper, and celery. It also contained sausage and hamburger. There was no ketchup in this recipe, but it did have some Worcestershire sauce and a bit of brown sugar. A little bit of jalapeño pepper was tossed in to add a little… Continue reading An Adult Twist on a Childhood Favorite