Almost once a week, I either host or attend a “tea party” with my mom, my sister, my great-nanny, my kids, and occasionally other random guests. By “tea party,” I mean we brew a couple pots of English breakfast tea, serve some kind of pastry dish, like cookies or scones or butterhorns or even crumpets,… Continue reading Easy Cherry Danish
Summer means lots of salads to me. Pasta salads, potato salads, broccoli salads. Anything quick and easy that can go with grilled meat. It’s been super hot here in Seattle the last few summers and I am a grump about heat. Nobody here has air conditioning! Do you know how miserable it is to sit… Continue reading Best Broccoli Salad. Ever.
Move over, guacamole. I am guessing that this amazing dip would be “caviar” to anybody, cowboys or otherwise. We are going camping in Leavenworth this weekend, and one of my favorite things to do at the place where I spent so many childhood summers, is to sit under the shade of the big apple tree, in the field… Continue reading Cowboy Caviar
Since I made Ultimate Rice Krispie Treats back in February, I have probably made them half a dozen more times. That’s a lot for me. Krispie Treats were a rarity in my life before I found that recipe. I thought of them as just okay. Now they are bomb.com. I’m not sure when the idea… Continue reading The Ultimate Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats
I’ve been making blueberry buckle for years. It was one of the very first recipes I ever made by myself when I started learning how to bake. If you’ve never had blueberry buckle, it’s really just a single layer blueberry cake topped with a streusel crunch topping. It’s a lot like a big blueberry muffin,… Continue reading Blueberry Buckle
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
Rumbly in my Tumbly 