For Easter weekend, we spent a wet and rainy few days in Salzburg, Austria. Despite not being properly attired for such dreary weather, we e...

One of my very favorite things on the planet is my cream cheese pound cake . I don't even remember where the original recipe came from, ...

We are dessert people, if you did not know that already. Like one of the contestants on the most recent Great British Bake-Off said, I don...

We had a very non-traditional Thanksgiving this year. We ate zero turkey, no normal Thanksgiving sides and no pie. I actually did not mind i...

During the holidays, I love chocolate and peppermint anything! Peppermint mocha...yes please! Peppermint hot chocolate...mmmm! Peppermint sp...

Strawberry and lemon is a great combination for sweet and sour! It also makes a great dessert. Bring these to your next summer potluck and e...

I had purchased a box of puff pastry with no real plans on how to use it. With an HOA board meeting coming up (yes, I'm one of those cra...

One of the neighbors on my street planned a potluck for everyone and I used it as a chance to try out a new recipe. Originally I planned to ...

I love reading, but mainly Kindle books which makes me unusual among other readers (at least the impression I get from my book club is that ...

I will be hosting Bunco again this month. I immediately thought of Pumpkin Spice as a theme. If you happen to be a fan of Brant Hansen, you ...

I love chocolate. I love oatmeal cookies. Combine the two and it is pretty awesome. I found this recipe on Pinterest a while back and finall...

I found my new favorite food item the other day! I was trying to decide what to make for dinner. All our meat was in the freezer, so that wa...

For my second homemade dessert for Thanksgiving I wanted something with chocolate. Traditional Thanksgiving desserts do not normally contain...

As I mentioned in my Thanksgiving entry, I made a couple desserts to accompany the sweet potato pie that came with our meal. Usually I make ...

When I was growing up, I don't remember my parents hosting a lot of parties or attending a lot of things. Occasionally my mom would host...

Tomorrow I am hosting a Christmas themed book club meeting at my house. We read Santaland Diaries which is a great choice for a December boo...

I recently tried another new bread recipe from the good ol' Betty Crocker Bread Machine Cookbook. This time I made Peanut Butter Bread. ...

I have not posted a bread recipe in a while. With the move, homemade bread was on the back burner (not literally, of course). :) My most r...

This afternoon I participated in a Bake-Off. It was hosted by the base community center. It ended up just being me against one other lady, b...

Can I just say yum, yum, yum! For our Valentine's Day dessert we planned to have fondue. One of my favorite fondue dippers is pound cake...