Celebrating Life Around The Table
Easter is coming up so my niece and I decided to make these cute Nutella egg nests. Being an aunt is such a blessing. I am reminded of that each weekend when we hang out together. The boys have long outgrown cooking, but still welcome being taste testers and critics! A few weeks ago they [...]
Today is the first of a mini series on sharing Christmas cookie traditions. Trina, from the Dairy Council of California is sharing a tradition she and her boys have, cooking Pizzelles. Aren’t they adorable? These would be great for a Cookie Exchange. Paging through colorful cookie cookbooks is a December ritual that motivates my boys [...]
I started my Christmas cookie baking the other night. Sadly, I had a bit of a mishap and lost a tray of them to the floor, right out of the oven. My dog was happy! These cookies are the bomb if I do [...]
Maybe it’s just me but did 2010 blow right by? What a year it has been. Looking back over what I cooked this year I decided to compile a top ten in honor of that time of year. Every news show I turn on and every paper I read has list after list so here [...]
Today I am sharing a new favorite Christmas Cookie. One of the cookies in our family recipe rotation is a shortbread cookie topped with chocolate and nuts. Feeling inspired I tried a new version with crushed peppermints and drizzled with white chocolate. It was dangerously good. It might even be what I make for the [...]
We are kicking off December with a festive Red Velvet Cake Pop. They make great favors or gifts and what better time of year than the holidays to take along a gift of food. A few weeks ago I met up with three new online friends from one of the groups I have joined. We [...]
Dallas Design Agency I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I spent it with my family. That evening we went with my niece and nephew to see Tangled, continuing our Thanksgiving night movie tradition. What a cute movie. This weekend I worked on a Christmas Dessert Buffet to showcase a variety of baked good and [...]
Looking for new cookie recipes I discovered these Espresso Chocolate Shortbread cookies over at Smitten Kitchen. How can you go wrong with espresso and chocolate and shortbread. I was sold at the recipe but then I took a bite.They melt in your mouth. These are from Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking From My Home to Yours”. It [...]
[donotprint] Today I give you foodie crack. I am warning you these are terribly addictive. You need to make extra because you will eat a few before they make the serving plate. Last weekend I brought these to my good friend Carol’s annual Christmas party. One partygoer ate more than half of them. He commented [...]
This is one of my new favorite tarts. I made this for Thanksgiving and feel in love with it, as did my family. It is a perfect holiday dessert. The mixture of creamy, buttery caramel, the tartness of the cranberries and the crunch of the [...]
