Chocolate and Meringue Angel Pie
This is a really fun and different dessert, and it's perfect for impressing guests. I love meringue cookies, and this pie sits in a giant meringue shell. The shell is…
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April 11, 2011
Orange Pound Cake
I had a number of left-over Honeybells from my fruit-of-the month club delivery. A big box came last month, and we didn't eat them fast enough. When fruit hits their…
March 11, 2011
Roasted Vegetable Frittata
This is a perfect, quick, meatless weeknight dinner. I think this is truly the best frittata I have ever tried. The flavors of the roasted vegetables really pop in your…
January 24, 2011
Individual Beef Wellingtons with Mushroom, Spinach and Blue Cheese Filling
This was the pièce de résistance of my Christmas Eve menu. I made 12 of these and it took over 5 hours to assemble them and that was with help…
January 10, 2011
Cauliflower Cake
I found a beautiful head of cauliflower at my local farmer's market recently and I also came across this very interesting recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi, a chef and restaurant owner…
December 12, 2010
Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti
I have developed a taste for biscotti over the last couple of years. I never loved biscotti as a child, perhaps because all the biscotti that I tried had nuts…
November 24, 2010
Apple Cake
I'm going to let my husband say a few words because he LOVED this apple cake. I thought it tasted like something that came from a bakery, not from my…
October 27, 2010
Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins
I made these last night to serve for breakfast this morning. The boys really liked them. The original recipe uses allspice and calls for nuts. I didn't have any allspice,…
October 5, 2010
French Gougères
My mother sent me this recipe the other day. These cheese puffs are a popular French hors d'oeuvre and a specialty of the Burgundy region of France. They're typically made…
September 22, 2010
McDonald’s-Style Chicken Nuggets
Our boys LOVE McDonald's chicken nuggets. They don't eat them very often, but when they get them, they inhale them. I was going to make these breaded chicken cutlets the…
September 21, 2010