Every night, almost without fail, I treat myself to Happy Hour.
Not a glass of wine, cold beer or colorful Cosmo shared with friends.
No, I prefer to spend my Happy Hour all by myself. My drink of choice? A hand mixed, chocolate milk shake. Preferably taken while wearing pajamas and lounging [...]
Time is the one thing I never seem to have enough of. So naturally, I am always looking for shortcuts that will save me time.
When it comes to cookies, nothing beats homemade, but it’s hard to find the time to bake each week. And, while my family and I love fresh baked cookies, [...]
I don’t care much for leftovers. I’ll tolerate them on occasion, but if I can take something old and tired and turn it into something new and fresh, or, more importantly, into something that I want to eat and not something I have to eat, then that’s a good day in the kitchen.
So [...]
As a new bride, I spent days preparing for a dinner party. Sifting through magazines for the perfect recipe, shopping, cleaning, setting the table, and prepping the meal.
Everything was new back then; marriage, entertaining, dishes, even the towels were new. By the time the big day arrived, I was exhausted, cranky and [...]
I love hot chocolate in the morning. Winter, summer, rain or shine, this is how I start my day. I don’t drink coffee, but I imagine coffee drinkers feel the same way about that first cup of Joe that I do about my hot cocoa.
It has a lovely way of easing me [...]
I had the most delicious soup at one of my favorite local restaurants. Here is my attempt at re-creating the recipe using what was in my pantry. Enjoy!
I love the garden at my new house. And, although I have been enjoying a bounty of fruits, vegetables, and herbs throughout the summer, there is always a hint of guilt.
I didn’t plant this garden, or prune these trees or water the plants. I merely reap the fruits of someone else’s labor.
So today, when [...]
I hate my new kitchen. Or, maybe it’s that my new kitchen hates me. And for the record, my new kitchen is not new at all. In fact, it’s quite old. Not avocado green, 4×4 grout less tile old, but it’s definitely not the shiny new, custom gourmet kitchen that I recently left behind.
My kids are too young to partake in the traditional Oktoberfest celebration of bratwurst and beer, so we celebrate the pumpkin. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin bars, all beautiful precursors to the ever-fabulous Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving Day.
So here is my very favorite, and now somewhat famous Pumpkin Bar recipe.
Enjoy!
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I refuse to throw out bananas. Because, despite their dark, shriveled and bruised exterior. I know they have the potential to be more, to do more, to give more. It may be that I relate to something that is slightly past its prime. I’m not too far off from getting a little soft and shriveled [...]
