Pumpkin Coffee Cake
This Pumpkin Coffee Cake has the perfect amount of spice to give you that warming of fall flavors. It is moist from pumpkin puree and has a delightful crunchy streusel crumb topping. It is finished with a drizzle of icing, which is the perfect sweet topping it needs to finish it off. Want more great…
Orange Creme Brulee
Orange Creme Brulee This Orange Creme Brulee recipe was a tasty little dessert. Ken made these little decadent cups of sweetness for a dinner party we recently had with our good friends Jodi, Brent and their daughter Jenny. We decided to do tapas and these fit in nicely. Ken bought me these little spoons and…
Friday Night Cooking Class/ Ribs, Rice and Corn
Friday Night Cooking Class/ Ribs, Rice and Corn Welcome, Megan back for Friday Night Cooking Class/ Ribs, Rice and Corn!! I think we have done them before for FNCC but Megan really wanted ribs so here we are. The four of us created a very good BBQ sauce to slather on the ribs which I…
Smoked Pork Loin Roast
Smoked Pork Loin Roast Ken is back at it with the smoker with this Smoked Pork Loin Roast and we are all thrilled. This was a lovely roast done to perfection. Moist and tender and spicy on the outside. We have an electric meat slicer which is a great investment!! the electric smoker is quick…
Spring Pasta with Peppers and Feta
Spring Pasta with Peppers and Feta I made this Spring Pasta with Peppers and Feta when I came across this frilly pretty looking pasta the other day. This is a recipe that I haven’t done in years. It was actually the first dinner I cooked for Ken. I didn’t know he didn’t like feta but…
Best Ever Bruschetta
Best Ever Bruschetta I made this a little bit ago and Ken and Amber raved about it and called it Best Ever Bruschetta! They couldn’t get enough. Ken said it was restaurant quality. I was really happy with it too. It had so many layers of flavors and full robust garlic too!! The added red…
Exotic Salad
Exotic Salad This Exotic Salad is a salad that my mom used to make when I was little. I remember her making it for special dinners. I also remember it to be so good! It is however very very different from your regular salad. One that I have loved for years. I hope you enjoy…
Chocolate Caramilk Cookies
Chocolate Caramilk Cookies These cookies have a secret, a Caramilk secret hidden inside. I dreamed up these Chocolate Caramilk Cookies the other day. I thought to myself, hmmm I bet that they would make a yummy cookie. They sure did. I love taking a regular recipe like my usual cookie recipe and change it up….
Original Joe’s
It was our 20th anniversary and we couldn’t decide where to go for dinner. We have been doing so much fine dining and cooking lately we wanted to tone it down a bit. We miss the pub dates that we used to have!!! Just the two of us with no distractions. So I said that…
Sliders and Fries/Friday Night Cooking Class
Sliders and Fries/Friday Night Cooking Class Tonight is Sliders and Fries/Friday Night Cooking Class is with Alexia. Welcome, Alexia, another good friend of Amber’s. Alexia chose hamburgers and fries and we changed it up slightly to sliders and shoestring fries. They were delicious!! Ken has been making these little burgers for a while now. I…
The Taste of an Oyster
The Taste of an Oyster The Taste of an Oyster. This is something that I have loved for a long time. I don’t actually remember eating my first oyster but I would have just sucked it up and went for like so many other things I have done in life. I can’t imagine the first…
Chicken Gyros with Yogurt Dill Sauce
Chicken Gyros with Yogurt Dill Sauce These Chicken Gyros with Yogurt Dill Sauce are a quick and easy dinner that Ken has enjoyed making for years. We all love it!!!! With a crisp salad and a glass of white wine it is a great spring meal. This is a new recipe we tried, I really…
Strawberry Pineapple Daiquiri
Strawberry Pineapple Daiquiri With summer coming we all want to have some lazy days sitting out back enjoying the weather. Here is a delicious Strawberry Pineapple Daiquiri sipper filled with fresh fruit and a little alcohol too!! It took me a couple of tries (oh darn) to perfect it but I think I got it…
