We are having a grazing appetizer menu for a quiet New Year’s Eve party at home with 2 kids – we may do the countdown at 7pm. The is the 3rd way I have posted meatballs, and they are all
Happy New Year! and Sweet and Sticky Party Meatballs
Top 5 Super Bowl Eats!
A few ideas for the big game weekend! Chili Meatballs..with lefse or meatball subs Guacamole Avocado Bean Dip Veggies and Hummus Bonus…Chips and EASY Salsa Share this:
Brie with Honey Pecans and Fruit
I was testing out this recipe to make for my friends yoga with snacks event coming up in January, the second annual. My cousins were in town visiting and they got to enjoy the test run, it turned out pretty good.
Gifts from the Kitchen
Christmas gifts from the kitchen are well loved in our family. The kids love making them as much as their grandparents love eating them. A few years now we have been making batches of Almond Biscotti (recipe here) and we
Home Sweet Home, and Cranberry Muffins
I haven’t been writing lately, I’ve been cooking, we’ve been eating, but not much writing. This summer we moved…finally after house hunting since I was pregnant with our first. He is now 4 and his sister is 1 1/2. After
A Brunch Menu
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up and I’m finally getting our last year’s meal posted, but this is a great menu for any special occasion served before noon. I have hosted many brunches over the years, many together
Applesauce Spice Cake, and Valentines
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I was lucky enough to have two cool kids, (mine and a great friend) helping me in the kitchen today. A lot of great learning happens when kids pull up a chair at the
How to make a Fruit Plate
In culinary school, how your dish looked was equally, if not more important than how it tasted. It took me longer than just culinary school to get good at this. Now anyone can cut up fruit and mix it in
Almond Biscotti
The past couple Christmas’s, my family has found homemade biscotti under the tree. This year everyone is returning my tins asking for refills. After a night of wake ups with the baby, a biscotti dunked in coffee is a welcome
Goat Cheese with Raisin Pine Nut Topping
My distant cousins were in town a few weeks ago and came for a visit, bringing us a goat cheese snack from the local fancy cheese shop. We devoured it, the kids played, and we figured out that we are