Bringing "back in the day" back to today
How did I end up making such a wonderful homemade strawberry tart? Let’s start with a little backstory. Last year we planted some strawberry plants in our garden. I think we got about 3 strawberries before the birds discovered them and despite the elaborate fence-like contraption that I built to cover the strawberries, we did …
We really love our chocolate chip cookie recipe, but sometimes you are looking for something more. This is where this mint chocolate chip cookie recipe comes in. We like to bake a fresh batch of cookies each week to add to the kids’ lunches and maybe to steal a quick snack at night. Don’t judge, …
Last week I made chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips and they were disappointing. So in hopes of turning that frown upside down, I decided to make the inverse cookie this weekend. These easy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies disappeared off the counter top faster than I could remove them from the trays! Check out …
This recipe is one that really brings back a part of my childhood. When I was young my grandmother would always make lemon meringue pie. When I was old enough to help out, she taught me the tricks to making a great pie. There are three main components to making a great lemon meringue pie: …
Is there a restaurant out there that you have been to a bunch of times, but not frequently? One example of this is the Ohana restaurant at the Polynesian Resort in Disney World. Our first experience with Ohana was during our honeymoon and have gone back every chance we could get. It’s the Disney take …
If you take a look at our last few posts, you will see a theme. Fall is in full swing and we have done our apple picking and are now looking for ways to use these apples. We’ve made a traditional apple pie and apple pie egg rolls, but what now? That got me thinking …
If you read my recipe on chicken samosa egg rolls you read about how I used a bunch of ingredients I had laying around to make a tasty meal for the family. What was left out of that recipe is that I had about a half package of egg roll wrappers left over. In the …
Once upon a time, before I owned a stand mixer or a pastry blender, I attempted to make a pie crust. It was a dry, crumbly disaster. From that moment on, every pie crust came from the refrigerator section. And I was okay with that. Until recently, when my dear husband Eric discovered a …
Today is the actual last day of summer. I know, right? It seems like it was just Memorial Day. But alas, summer is over. Time to start thinking about all of those fall things that we love to do. There are two key activities that my family needs to do during the autumn season: apple …
After a wonderful, albeit rainy at times, summer it was time to start thinking about getting back to the real world. Kids back in school and all of the after-school and sports activities that come with were upon us. With that we wanted to have one last full-on BBQ before all of that craziness started. …