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Butterflake Dinner Rolls
You would have laughed had you been a fly on the wall when I took these delicious dinner rolls out of the oven........
..........I thought that.......... well, it was sort of my responsibility to take a tiny taste since this was my first attempt at this recipe. They looked beautiful, but looks can be deceiving and I needed to determine whether they were "blog worthy". Now, I don't generally ...
Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette..... and a Secret Revealed!
I've always love the Secret Santa game; participants draw a name and stealthily surprise their given person with kind deeds and little surprises over a specific time period. The culmination comes at the end when each "Secret Santa" is revealed and the mystery is finally over. It's a fun way to build relationships and team spirit with a group of co-workers or friends.
I've been ...
Fabulous White Chocolate and Blueberry Sheet Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream Icing
You do want to have this cake recipe in your repertoire! It is the easiest and yet one of the best cakes I make........
It's a one-bowl, no-mixer, quick-baking delight! You can make it in a sheet pan for a quick fix for your hungry teenagers or in a tart or spring form pan for a more elegant presentation.
This cake has a lovely fraternal twin sister you may be familiar with; Texas ...
Strawberry Balsamic Pizza with Chicken and Applewood Bacon
This Balsamic Strawberry Pizza is the most unique, delicious pizza ever! Don't let the strawberries throw you off, it's an AMAZING combination! They say that "necessity is the mother of invention" but for me it might be a bit more precise to change the saying to, "Mother Hubbard is the mother of invention". This Strawberry Balsamic Pizza is exactly what I'm referring to! You see, ...
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Nicoise Salad with Cedar-Plank Grilled Salmon and Kalamata Vinaigrette
I feel like I became just a wee bit sophisticated while I was preparing this delicious salad......
You see I have always loved a good Nicoise salad; French-inspired and traditionally a composed salad featuring some combination of tuna, hard-boiled eggs, green beans, tomatoes and potatoes. Often restaurants will have their own unique version of this famous salad and I love to try these fun, ...
Cottontail Punch
I don't usually post on the weekend but there was one more recipe from the party this past week that I just have to share with you. Cottontail Punch. It is simple, refreshing and whenever I serve it, I am almost always asked for the recipe. This punch is a bit of a chameleon - you see it isn't always called Cottontail Punch; its name is dependent on the time of year. During the holiday season, I ...
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Smokey Korean Pulled Pork
Smokey Korean Pulled Pork is my final recipe from our Specialist's Party on Tuesday. This recipe may be the last but it is definitely not the least; a delicious, slow roasted pulled pork with an Asian twist. Most pulled pork recipes call for a Boston Butt roast or a pork shoulder roast. While these roasts do make a delicious barbecue, I wanted to make mine with a leaner cut of pork. The big ...
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Raspberry Heaven!!!
I'm blogging this week about the recipes from a party we had on Tuesday for some of my husband's co-workers. One of the desserts we served was a raspberry cream cheese tart I created several years ago for a special friend who's crazy about raspberries (that's you Amy!) It has a crisp, buttery crust, a light-as-a feather cream cheese layer and is topped with fresh raspberries which are nestled in a ...
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Red, White and Blueberry Trifle
Are you looking for a festive, fun, delicious but simple dessert to celebrate the 4th of July? Well, look no further...................................
This patriotic looking trifle fits the bill perfectly! We had some friends for dinner last night and I needed a dessert that would come together fairly quick. I saw this recipe on the PBS - Every Day Food web site, added a few of my own ...
Indescribably Delicious Banana Bread
I think someone might be trying to pull a fast one on us -or at the very least, trying to bamboozle us! This recipe was first posted in August of 1999 in an Epicurious online recipe forum called Gail's Recipe Swap. The four word title for the bread was exactly as I have named it above, but guess what? While three of the words are completely accurate, I have a sneaking suspicion that the fourth may ...
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A Guest Blogger & an Insanely Good Appetizer!
I called this an appetizer in the post title today but honestly, I could eat these delicious little delights for breakfast, lunch and dinner! We had a fun and memorable dinner with our dear friends, Joel and Karen, a few months ago. Having lived in Japan for a number of years, the meal was quite authentically Asian in every aspect; from the greeting at the door (in kimonos!) to the ikebana ...