All that stood between me and about 500,000 bees were my thin cotton t-shirt, my sweat pants, some gardening gloves and a bee keeper veil. I was acutely aware that there was a hole in the glove, gaps between the ends of my sleeves and the tops of the gloves and my light gray…
Lemon Brownies w/ Macadamia Nuts & White Chocolate Chips
Moist lemony “brownies” studded with white chocolate chips and salted macadamia nuts. They’re topped with a lemon glaze and more macadamia nuts! Yum!!
Bar Cookies for a Crowd – Recipe Tip
A Cookie Revelation! Hopefully, you figured this out long before I did! I love using the good old Nestle Toll House Recipe for my bar cookies. But for some reason I never noticed the recipe is written to be used with a “jelly roll pan” (15 x 10-inch.) Hmm…no wonder I always had trouble spreading the batter…
Smoky Sweet Chicken Skewers w/ Greek Yogurt Garlic Sauce
Spring, sprang, sprung! My calendar just exploded! I know it happens every spring and I shouldn’t be surprised, but somehow I am caught off guard – again! Recitals, championships, end-of-year parties, graduations, field day, teacher gifts, coach gifts, swim practice – yikes! When your calendar is approaching overload, just how many calendar screw-ups are acceptable?…
Roasted Corn, Black Bean & Brown Rice Salad w/Chipotle Lime Dressing
This salad is easy to make, healthy and full of flavor! You can make it ahead of time and it holds up perfectly! I hope you like it as much as we do!
Simple Spanish Beef & Potato Wraps
Regional Winner – National Beef Cook-Off 2013! I love the combination of flavors in these wraps!! I love the salty tang of the olives with the savory beef, sweet onions and red peppers, it’s delicious! The smoked paprika I used is one of my favorite spices!! It has such a great subtle smokiness. There is…
Weak in the Knees Triple Dipped Strawberries
It’s been a busy week around here with family activities, volunteering at school and of course some fun blog and contest experiments! There are a ton of great recipe contests going on right now and I have been working pretty hard in the kitchen to try to “score” at one of them! When you enter…
Greek Yogurt Tart with Whole Wheat Walnut Crust and Rhubarb Berry Compote
Spring is a non-stop parade of birthday cakes around our house! My girls have an end of March birthday and an early May birthday and it seems one birthday cake just doesn’t cut it these days. There are treats to take to school, cupcakes for the party with friends, ice cream cake for the party…
Warm Farro Salad w/ Grilled Flank Steak
I first heard about farro from Mary Ann Esposito. She was making it on her cooking show, Ciao Italia on PBS. Soon after, I searched some out at the grocery store and used it to create a recipe for a contest. I made a frittata with a farro crust. It was really delicious. The farro…
Coffee Shop Brownie Bites
I bring to you these two-bite morsels of yummy goodness. The dark chocolate and espresso make these grown-up style brownie bites richly flavorful but not too sweet. That little dent that forms on the top of a brownie bite when fresh out of the oven and starting to cool is filled with vanilla bean ganache….