Celebrating Life Around The Table
At the holidays sometimes we can get overloaded with chocolate sweets. Winter is the perfect time to use citrus so when the fun folks at Pillsbury invited me to create desserts with their Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookies these came to mind. Mini Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake Pots. Mini sized is a must for parties. People love bite… [read more]
I am knee deep in holiday baking, how about you? There are cookie exchanges, holiday parties and dinners to enjoy. My friends at Pillsbury invited me to create a new holiday cookie using their Pillsbury ® Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough. Of course, I said yes and created White Chocolate Eggnog Tarts topped with sugared cranberries.… [read more]
Christmas season is here and I still have a few fall posts to add in before we start the Christmas baking. The week before Thanksgiving my mom and I took my niece and nephews to Oak Glen, our local apple orchards. It was the perfect day. Usually the town is full of visitors, because we… [read more]
Last Sunday the Food Bloggers of Los Angeles, gathered for a pre-Thanksgiving feast. I have only made it to one other meeting but now that I am not working, I have more time to do these things. I was so glad I did. Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules, was the host. When I arrived the… [read more]
Fall arrives and my desire for cooking warm seasonal meals goes into high gear. I love cooking for my family and friends. Harvest dinner parties in cooler weather with seasonal food. This Pear Pumpkin Soup will be starting many parties this fall. I am partnering with Mountain High Yoghurt to create a series of seasonal… [read more]
The fun folks at Reynold’s invited me to develop a cookie recipe using their Reynolds® Parchment Paper. It was a no brainer for me, because I use it for all of my baking. Parchment paper makes baking a breeze and gives the benefits of a non stick surface. Everything cooks evenly and releases gently from… [read more]
Today I have a fun little recipe for you. Crazy as it sounds I must be the only person who did not grow up with monkey bread. The first time I ever made it was when I created a Cake Batter Monkey Bread recipe for Pillsbury. I started experimenting and came up with a cheesy… [read more]
Recently I was invited by my friends at Mountain High Yoghurt® to create some new recipes using Mountain High Yoghurt®. Since fall is here I thought I would bake a fresh Cinnamon Apple Scone with an Apple Cider Glaze. They turned out big and fluffy and full of chopped apples. Over the last year I… [read more]
