Before we moved about a year and a half ago, my husband and I lived for 6 years about a block from Than Brothers, which is the best Pho on the face of the earth. We would go in there all the time to be served steaming hot bowls of noodle soup with chicken and… Continue reading Vietnamese Iced Coffee
You know the old cartoons where somebody like Daffy Duck would be thinking about his next move, and he’d have a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other shoulder, each telling him what to do? I have those too, but not a devil and an angel. My life is a… Continue reading Starbucks Pumpkin Pound Cake
Last night, we carved our pumpkins. Always an adventure with a 3 year old and a 1 year old. After we had finished, and the pumpkins were all lit up on our porch, my daughter and I set about the icky but necessary task of separating the stringy orange pumpkin guts from the seeds so… Continue reading How to Roast Perfect Pumpkin Seeds
There is something wonderful and comforting about homemade fried donuts. I almost feel like I need to put quotations around “homemade” because, while you make them at home, you use refrigerated biscuit dough, so these are really cheater donuts. Either way, there is something wonderful and comforting about deep fried biscuit dough, dunked in a… Continue reading Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes
This banana bread recipe certainly lives up to it’s title- one loaf has 6, yes, SIX overripe bananas. This makes for the biggest banana taste explosion over, and a wonderfully dense and moist bread. If you’re just looking for a simple, no-frills, easy way to use up your old bananas, this is it. The loaf… Continue reading Loaded Banana Bread
If you have been a reader of my blog for any amount of time, then you know one thing to be true. I. Love. Pie. Which is why it is very fitting that my only pie press is shaped like a heart. I bought this little baby back around Valentine’s Day at Target for $5.… Continue reading Homemade “Hostess” Cherry Hand Pies
Confession: Before tonight, I had never eaten or made Chicken ‘n Dumplings. Not only that, but I wasn’t even sure EXACTLY what it was. I’m from Seattle. We don’t see many chicken ‘n dumplings in these parts. I guess it’s more of a Southern or Midwestern dish. I have pinned a recipe here and there… Continue reading Chicken ‘n Dumplings
Rumbly in my Tumbly 