Do you want to know one of my all-time favorite tricks when it comes to cooking? Alright…here it goes. I’m in love with grocery store rotisserie chickens. There. I said it. These ready-to-eat chickens are inexpensive and filled with flavor. Plus, because they’re so versatile, it’s hard for me to make a trip to the…
Archives for January 2011
Raisin and Cranberry Granola
As you probably already know, I’m a huge believer in breakfast being the most important meal of the day. It’s difficult for me to think of a morning that passed me by where I didn’t sit down to a heaping bowl of cereal with a glass of orange juice and another one of coffee. However,…
Banana Cream Cheese Muffins with Crumb Topping
One of my favorite things happened in the kitchen this morning. I woke up to find ripened bananas hanging from my banana hook. To me, it was a sight for sore eyes and I couldn’t wait to create a baked banana treat. My husband has been craving a chocolate treat for many days now so…
Tips for Keeping Cookies Fresh
There are plenty of cookie cravings that take place in our house. My husband has quite the sweet tooth and so do our guests. I always try to keep the cookie dome filled to the brim with all sorts of sweet goodies. Does this sound familiar? What happens when you go to all the trouble…
Strawberry Turnovers
As many of you probably already know, my husband’s absolute favorite fruit is the one and only blueberry. He loves to include blueberries in everything from smoothies to pancakes so I’m always trying to come up with new ways to cook and bake with them. Me, on the other hand…I love a good blueberry but…
Sausage and Chicken Gumbo
Thanks to his line of work, my husband’s work schedule can be a little…what’s the right word…strange…and maybe even hard to follow. There are some weeks where he works a ton of days in a row and then there are others where he doesn’t have to work for six days in a row…which is what…
{Tips & Tricks} Portioning with an Ice Cream Scooper
To me, 2010 was all about discovery in the kitchen. I fell in love with parchment paper, figured out a way to consistently make light and fluffy pancakes, set up a system to easily organize my food magazine recipes, and started the downward spiral of what was to become my obsession with puff pastry…just to…