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Carrot Soufflé

Carrot Soufflé

Tastes like a dessert! You can make this for brunch, or a side dish for Thanksgiving, or just because. Carrot Soufflé is a recipe my friend Amy gave me at a recipe exchange party. Have you ever been to a recipe exchange party? The best! […]

Cable Bread (Ha ha ha)

Cable Bread (Ha ha ha)

Doesn’t this bread look delicious? Well, it is. When you realize how easy this is to make, you might make it too. It is a crusty almost sour dough bread that you let rise all day and then bake in a covered stoneware dish. Various […]

Summer Sweet Street Corn

Summer Sweet Street Corn

Both my kids love this side dish or app so much. It kills me when we go to a restaurant and they order street corn and it costs like $6 for 2 pieces of corn!! Craziness! The food store I was shopping at yesterday had […]

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

My twin nieces Sofia & Sydni were here for the week. Every summer they come for one or two weeks and stay with us and go to our local camp. Like a mini vacation for the girls, swimming, arts & crafts, and homemade baked goods. ♥ […]

Crunchy Chickpeas – healthy flavorful snack ;)

Crunchy Chickpeas – healthy flavorful snack ;)

So we went to a tapas restaurant last night downtown for an adult meal. Food was delicious! (Cava mezze) One of the veggies we had, had some fried chickpeas on top. Crunchy, nutty flavored little nuggets of deliciousness. I thought this morning I would try […]

Decadent Mushroom Risotto

Decadent Mushroom Risotto

After being away on vacation and eating out every dinner, it is nice to cook a meal at home. My daughter requested mushroom risotto. Really? Rice that is cooked al dente and tastes so creamy without adding any cream. The Parmesan has a nutty taste […]

Passover Kugel

Passover Kugel

This has been a hectic couple of days. I hosted book club Wednesday night, then a Friday night dinner for my son and 11 other middle schoolers, and then we are hosting Passover Seder tomorrow night and Tuesday night. My matzoh ball soup is done, […]

Sweet & Spicy Brussels Sprouts

Sweet & Spicy Brussels Sprouts

So we went out to dinner last Friday night to a great little restaurant called, Wicked Sisters. (as a side note, if you live in Baltimore, go try this restaurant, food is delish!) We went to celebrate my friend Tracey’s birthday! Her husband, Billy, recommended […]

Lobster & Crab – Mac & Cheese

Lobster & Crab – Mac & Cheese

Yesterday was 70 degrees, and today is not even 50. It is cloudy and gray outside, so we wanted something hot and delicious. I had lobster tails in the freezer I had bought on sale from Wegmans, and also a pound of jumbo lump crab […]

Sweet Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread

Easy cornbread recipe that could also be a dessert. Goes great with BBQ. Also would be great with a hot soup! You can whip some up for your next grill night. Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal 3 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons baking powder […]