Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! Way up here in Kentucky (sometimes referred to as the “northernmost tip of the south”), Mardi Gras isn’t really a big deal. Yes, Bourbon n’ Toulouse has a huge crawfish boil (700 pounds of crawfish! What?!), but I’d say that’s pretty much the extent of the celebration around here. One of…
red velvet cake bites.
I’ve always thought Valentine’s Day was kind of silly. I’m sure that I really enjoyed the holiday back in elementary school when we made little Valentine mailboxes out of shoe boxes and got lots of adorable cards and candy. But once those days ended, Valentine’s Day probably fell to the bottom of my ‘favorite holiday’…
blueberry muffins.
There has been a lot of good food happening in this house lately. I feel like we always eat pretty well, but we’ve really been knocking it out of the park in recent weeks. There was one minor chicken and kale casserole catastrophe that was essentially a pile of dry ricotta cheese (but a big…
chocolate strawberry sandwiches.
Confession: I don’t care about professional football. I used to have a big ol’ crush on Tom Brady (way back in high school), but his good looks just can’t hide his not-so-gentlemanly-ways. So once I decided that Tom and I didn’t have a future together, I pretty much stopped having any interest in professional football….
christmas morning breakfast casserole.
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. We had a very exciting Christmas-filled weekend, starting on Friday in Nashville. Dave Barnes, one of my absolute favorite artists of all time, performed his “Very Merry Christmas” show at the James K. Polk Theatre. If you aren’t already a fan of Dave (do people like that…
blondie with dark roots.
We’re finished! We have officially baked our way through the 12 days of Christmas cookies! Today’s cookie (baked while I ate breakfast this morning) was Guy Fieri’s Blondie with Dark Roots. I don’t know what it is about Guy (his insane hair, perhaps?) that makes him want to throw all kinds of crazy things into…
macadamia-coconut cookies.
We have another success story from the kitchen! Although these 12 days of cookies started off a little rocky, Sandra Lee really brought it home with these Macadamia-Coconut Cookies. And the best part? Sandra Lee is the queen of semi-homemade, which means there is very little work involved in these cookies. Just a packaged sugar…
meringue cookies.
So we’re a few days behind on our Christmas cookie blogging. My apologies to anyone who has been waiting on pins and needles to see what day 8 brought to the kitchen! On the eighth day of Christmas cookies, Food Network sent to me…Anne Burrell’s recipe for meringue cookies. I don’t know that I’ve ever…
holiday biscotti.
It’s only 9 a.m., and I’ve already helped save Christmas for all the Whos in Whoville. I got to work at 8 this morning and was informed that I would be playing the role of Santa Claus today, and we would need to capture the Grinch. The 5-year-old handed me a Santa hat and beard,…
mint sandwich holiday cookies.
I am one of those people who doesn’t believe mint should exist outside the realm of breath fresheners. I love some mint in my toothpaste and gum (and oddly enough, I love York peppermint patties), but I really can’t handle mint in anything else. So, of course, I married a man who loves minty desserts….
pumpkin cupcakes.
Lexington just got way cooler. The city opened an outdoor ice rink last weekend in Triangle Park. Of course, it was 65 degrees on Saturday, but that didn’t keep us from testing out the rink with our pals, Sarah and Carlo! I think I was just so excited about the skating rink that I wasn’t…
cake batter cookies.
We’ve been going a little dessert crazy lately. I’m not sure what sparked our sudden intake increase, but we’re really eating way too much. That being said, we’ve also probably quadrupled our vegetable intake, so I don’t feel so terrible about the excess of chocolate. The other night, we were watching Harry Potter (Eric found…
chocolate pumpkin cupcakes.
I love that fall and winter have such distinctive tastes. Winter tastes like cinnamon and vanilla. And Autumn tastes like pumpkin and spices. Therefore, I am obligated (and thrilled) to whip up some pumpkin-flavored treats. I love cupcakes, but I am so terrible at decorating them that I generally shy away from making them. Luckily,…
butternut squash risotto.
I’ve always heard that risotto is a really complicated dish to make because you can’t leave the rice unattended for a second. I guess this is true, but aside from about 25 minutes of constant stirring, this very Autumn dish was quite simple and delicious. Plus, it only uses five ingredients (six, if you count…
pumpkin spice donuts.
I love Autumn. I really think it is my favorite season (although I probably say that about every season, especially when the season is in it’s prime). But I’ve gone so far as to suggest naming our first child “Autumn” or “August,” after this wonderful time of year. Both names were quickly rejected by the…
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