We started this week with a gallon of strawberries (from our weekend in Clarksville). And you know that strawberries can’t just sit around for long without getting super nasty and squishy. As of Wednesday afternoon, our strawberries have either been consumed plain (although, what’s plain about a strawberry?) or baked into something awesome. Let’s talk…
fudgy chocolate chip toffee bars.
This should come as no surprise to anyone, but I love chocolate. I may or may not live a life controlled by my sweet tooth. And it’s time to face the fact that Pinterest is an enabler in my life of addiction. Also to blame? Tastespotting, which I believe led me to this particular chocolate…
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’…
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….
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,…
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…
zucchini cookies.
It’s zucchini season! And while I love zucchini on the grill (or the grill pan), I wanted to try something else. I have this awesome cookbook called ‘Simply in Season’ that Eric gave me a few years ago. It has lots of great seasonal recipes, so it has come in handy with our CSA veggies….
gooey cookies and cream double chocolate cake.
Sometimes, you just need chocolate. For me, this is an everyday occurrence. I wish I could stop myself from eating dessert, but I really can’t. I just feel like every meal needs to end with something sweet. So here’s your ‘something sweet’ fix for the month. Or maybe the year. Because that’s how unhealthy it…