Tag: recipes

  • LAYERED ICE CUBES

    LAYERED ICE CUBES

    We love making homemade popsicles. And the other day my 4-year-old asked if we could make some popsicle ice cubes-as he calls them. They are so easy and a perfect little treat for the summer. We used grape juice, orange juice and limeade. I just put about a teaspoon of each juice in the ice…

  • PERFECT AT HOME PIZZA

    PERFECT AT HOME PIZZA

    There are a few foods that I am on the quest to find the perfect recipe for-and pizza is one of them. I have tried so many different doughs and cooking methods… and this is the closest to what I would consider the perfect pizza. I learned about it through an online cooking course called…

  • SHORTBREAD COOKIES

    SHORTBREAD COOKIES

    Recently I saw these shortbread cookies made with beet frosting and I thought they looked cool so I decided to make some like it. I decided to skip the beets and go with a raspberry, orange and lime glaze instead. I had never made shortbread cookies before and they were really easy and pretty good…

  • KEY LIME PIES

    KEY LIME PIES

    The friend who taught me how to make these molten lava cakes , also taught me how to make these key lime pies at her cooking class. I remember while in Key West a few years ago, we had our fair share of key lime pie. Blue Heaven  in Key West has the best key…

  • APRIL FOOLS’ DAY MEAL

    APRIL FOOLS’ DAY MEAL

    A few years ago I made this meal for my kids for April fools’ day. Now, they want this meal all the time especially when we have people over for dinner. Everyone we serve it to loves it and the kids love trying to trick the guests by telling them that we get to eat…

  • ST. PATRICK’S DAY CUPCAKES

    ST. PATRICK’S DAY CUPCAKES

    I really wanted to try making a marshmallow buttercream frosting because I had some leftover marshmallow from the s’more donuts I made. Also, we have a little stockpile of Girl Scout cookies, so I wanted to incorporate those some how. I ended up with these yummy chocolate cupcakes.  For the cupcakes I used this box…

  • ITALIAN HOT CHOCOLATE

    ITALIAN HOT CHOCOLATE

    I am a fan of hot chocolate and one day while at the store, I saw some hot chocolate in a can labeled “drinking chocolate.” I was in the international foods section so I got excited thinking that it was the really thick hot chocolate they have in Europe… I was so disappointed when I…

  • PERSIMMON CAPRESE TOAST

    PERSIMMON CAPRESE TOAST

    While gathering recipes for a cooking class I was hosting, I found this caprese toast with persimmons and pears. I love having normal caprese toast, with tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. I make these baguette sandwiches probably once a week. So because persimmons and pears are a “winter” fruit this is perfect. And I am not…

  • STOCKING UP ON SOME WINTER PRODUCE

    STOCKING UP ON SOME WINTER PRODUCE

    Many of you may know that I love produce. I make juice for breakfast every day and always load my grocery cart with it when I shop. I stock up on certain fruits and vegetables in the summer and freeze them to use over the winter. And I love finding recipes to use produce in…