Boy, last night sure felt like a Sunday, didn’t it? As is the case with all Mondays of three day weekends, I spent yesterday catching up from a weekend away and getting ready for the week of school ahead. Bags were unpacked, laundry was washed, meals were planned, groceries were purchased, permission slips were filled… Continue reading Michael Symon’s Rigatoni with Meat Sauce
My 35 year old self was recently lured onto SnapChat by my girlfriends who also use it, despite the fact that they are not, in fact, in middle school (although my “Stories” feed from them is full of silliness.) Trying to navigate a new social media outlet gets harder and harder the older I get.… Continue reading Easy Sopapilla Cheesecake
My mother-in-law tells me that her mother, my husband’s grandmother, made an amazing kuchen. Sometimes she made it with apples, sometimes with peaches, you could really use any kind of fruit that was in season. She passed away before I got to meet her, but I hear she was an amazing baker and I would… Continue reading Cinnamon Peach Kuchen
I’ve made lemon sticky buns before, but had yet to try the lemon monkey bread. Maybe because I’m such a sucker for the traditionalism of cinnamon monkey bread with it’s sticky caramel cinnamon sauce. I guess I was in denial that there was other monkey bread out there. This lemon monkey bread is wonderful. Buttery,… Continue reading Easy Lemon Monkey Bread
I’ve gotta tell you, nothing makes me happier than adding a gem to my Disneyland recipe collection. It’s not even debatable that one of the tastiest treats at Disneyland is the Mickey Mouse shaped beignets served at Cafe Orleans and the Mint Julep Bar in New Orleans Square. In fact, the Disney Food Blog, (my… Continue reading Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse Beignets
This weekend, I received the following email from reader Stephanie: I love your blog. I’ve made your copycat Starbucks Michigan Cherry Oat bars. Yummy! I didn’t find it on your blog– but, can you figure out the Starbucks S’Mores bars– my new guilty pleasure? Please? I love emails like this. Also, if you haven’t tried… Continue reading Starbucks S’mores Bars
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