Recently I was contacted by a PR agency asking if I would try out new Pillsbury products. I decided to do it because i had a few ideas on quick and easy appetizers as the holidays get closer. One of the products was their Pillsbury Pizza Crust and I ended up using this with my [...]
Apple Cinnamon Sugar Pancake
October 23, 2008 By 2 Comments
It felt like a fall Saturday, the winds and heat have gone. Here in Southern California we have to take the hints of fall that we can! I decided to make an Apple Oven Pancake. With apples of all types available it is the perfect time. The pancake has a popover like texture, crisp on [...]
Chicken Parmesan
October 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There has been talk of people turning to comfort food in the midst of our economic crisis here in the US. Last Sunday when my friend, who had a crazy week, wanted to come hang out, I thought Italian comfort food…Chicken Parmesan. I had seen Mario Batali’s recipe on a recent magazine cover. The recipe [...]
Brown Sugar Shortbread and Roasted Peaches
October 16, 2008 By 1 Comment
Looking through my files I realized I had not shared one of my favorite new recipes that I made this summer. In what appears to be a small recent trend the recipe includes both brown sugar and roasted peaches. At this little cafe near my house they had these cookies one day that my boss [...]
Bleak House Bars
October 12, 2008 By 3 Comments
I love a good mystery and imagine my excitement to find a series of murder mysteries featuring a caterer. Authored by Diane Mott Davidson, the series features Goldy Schultz and each novel is full of recipes from the novel. They are dangerous to read while hungry. On the way to Vegas two weeks ago I [...]
Martha Blogs
October 8, 2008 By
Recently Martha Stewart aired a show on blogging and included several food bloggers including Matt of Matt Bites. She also created a contest asking people to leave their blog name and site and link back to her blog entry. She will select several blogs to feature on her own blog, The Martha Blog. I have [...]
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
October 6, 2008 By 3 Comments
This week we were teased by cool fall weather here in Southern California. Teased in between 90 degree days. Fall is my favorite time of year. I might have mentioned that I was a picky eater growing up. Soups were not on my menu. Boy, did I miss out. Cooking has opened up the door [...]
Tropical Fruit Skewers with Pina Colada White Chocolate Sauce
October 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
To round out the dessert table I served a Tropical Fruit Kebab. Fruit is a great alternative to sweets. These days so many are gluten free or on a special diet so fruit offers a sweet and juicy addition to the menu. This is a recipe that you could involve your children in helping to [...]
