I made this appetizer for Thanksgiving and Doug’s family raved about it.  It’s delish!  The brown sugar and walnus add an incredible sweetness and crunch to the brie.  And it’s super easy to make.  In fact, I think I’ll make it for my family’s Christmas gathering.  Mmmm…
The recipe comes from Paula Deen and the Food [...]

Not long ago I received a coupon to try Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry from Foodbuzz Tastemakers.  I’ve long been a fan of their puff pastry sheets (see the list of recipes that use puff pastry) so I decided to try the new Puff Pastry Shells.
Like the puff pastry the shells are incredibly easy to use [...]

Psst… Just in case you’ve been too busy to notice… Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.  And you know that means people will be at your house- or you’ll be at someone’s house- and breakfast will need to be made.  This is a quick and easy option that pleases everyone.  Make it the night before [...]

I’ve been using my crock pot (slow cooker, what ever you call it) a lot this fall.  Love, love, love the “set it and forget it” dinners!
I love Chicken Cordon Bleu so when I found this recipe on AllRecipes.com by using my Dinner Spinner I knew I had to try it!  It’s not a true [...]

I love fall foods.  Especially when they can cook much of the day and fill my house with wonderful aromas.  I remember when I was young my mother would make lasagna.  It seemed like an all-day process.  And not in a good way.
This slow cooker lasagna, recipe from Kraft Foods,  does take all day.  But [...]

I’m not a big fan of apple pie.  I can’t really pin point the reason for that as I love apple dumplings, but the facts stand; I really don’t care for apple pie.  It is fall, however, and with fall comes apple picking season.  And I do love the smell of apples and cinnamon and [...]

I’m not really a Martha Stewart wanna-be (though I know I may appear that way at times!) but when this recipe showed up in her magazine last year, along with other classic confections, I pulled the pages out of the magazine because they were so pretty.  I never really intended to make them…  Then came [...]

I made this recipe from Hershey’s Kitchens last weekend for our family celebration of Doug’s and my sister-in-law Amanda’s birthdays.  It’s a longer process than most cheesecakes as you first bake the brownies that are then poked into the creamy cheesecake before it is baked.  But Oh My Gosh!  YUMMY!  There was not a bite [...]

I was gone for four days last week/end and my cupboards were practically bare when I got home.  So I searched my recipes and my pantry and pulled out recipes that used what I had on hand.  And this was our dinner.
Not only were the girls ecstatic that we were having chocolate waffles for dinner- [...]

I’m a huge fan of quiche. It’s one of the most versatile meals I make. It works for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner… Another plus is that you can add veggies or meat to it easily. And my girls love quiche- we call it “cheese pie”. Two of the greatest things [...]

Pastries for breakfast area special treat in our house. Mostly because they are so yummy and I could eat them all in one sitting. So I held on to this recipe from Hershey’s Kitchen for quite a while before I made it knowing that it would be delicious.
And I wasn’t wrong. These [...]

Cottage cheese is always in our refrigerator. Caelan prefers it for breakfast and Brenna enjoys it “on the side” for lunch. So when Roberts Dairy and Mom Select sent me a couple of coupons for free cottage cheese I was excited! Not only because that is what we already use but because [...]

One of the perks of writing about food is that, sometimes, companies want you to eat their food. Depending on the company I will either accept or decline the offer.
A couple of weeks ago Robert’s Dairy, a company well known in the Midwest, reached out to me via Mom Select and asked if I [...]

I love horseradish. LOVE IT! SO when I saw this recipe in the The Good Home Cookbook I knew I would be making it.
This recipe is so easy, can be mixed right in the sour cream container and is so delicious it will disappear before anything else on the table. (Yes, really. [...]

Satay is, traditionally, a dish of diced or sliced meats that is skewered and grilled or barbecued. It’s largely popular in Southeast Asia where you will find it as “street food” (like a New York hot dog or a cheesesteak in Philly).
I like to make satay for a couple of reasons.

It’s quite easy. [...]