Category Archives: Food

Happy (day after) Thanksgiving – hope everyone had a great day of eating and giving thanks, I sure did! We made a little brie en croute to nosh on before our Thanksgiving meal, so I thought I would share the recipe. This is one of the easiest appetizers to make for a holiday party thatContinue reading “Brie en Croute”

Who doesn’t love dipping bread into melted cheese? We had a block of Jarlsberg cheese that came in a great gift basket we received as a “congratulations on your baby” gift so we decided to make a traditional cheese fondue for dinner this weekend. Jarlsberg cheese is a mild, buttery, nutty, cheese from Norway, weContinue reading “Fondue”

I am so pleased that I gave birth in time to have a good Pumpkin Beer this fall before the season passed. Here, I have a delicious cinnamon rimmed pint glass filled with my favorite Shipyard Pumpkinhead Beer. It’s so easy to prep your glass before you pour your beer – just combine a littleContinue reading “mmm Pumpkin”

My in-laws came to visit this weekend to meet our new baby girl. This allowed my hubby and I to have a little time to cook a delicious meal together so we whipped up a batch of paella for dinner! We adapted our recipe from Ina’s, which I have shared below. It’s a great, easyContinue reading “What Am I Going to Do With All This Paella?”

A delicious quiche was served at my baby shower brunch last weekend and I couldn’t stop thinking about it all week…so we decided to make one for breakfast this morning. It came out so great I had to share the recipe! very loosely based on Speedy Spinach Quiche from Epicurious.com 1Tbs butter 1 shallot, choppedContinue reading “Spinach Zucchini Quiche”

The second best part of my honeymoon in France (first was the romance of it all, of course) was the fact that there was a Laduree patisserie around every corner in Paris where fresh, delicious macarons (different than our American macaroons) were sold. Crisp on the outside, sweet and chewy on the inside – justContinue reading “Laduree”

We made our first “fall” recipe the other night for dinner when it was a little cool out. And by “we” I mean my husband made it while I was out at a prenatal yoga class. This recipe is just great with the crisp apples, that have a sweetness from the brown sugar and aContinue reading “Fall Dinner”

The best part about being stuck inside all day while it’s storming outside – baking! And thanks to Hurricane Irene, we spent the better part of the day in our house. We made some delicious muffins for breakfast and then made a batch of our homemade sauce for freezing, but still needed a little dessert…Continue reading “Jazzed-Up Brownies from a Box”

It has been way too hot to cook and eat real meals lately. But, since we do need to eat dinner, we have been doing lots of grilling and easy summertime dishes. I thought I’d share this non-recipe meal which has become a staple in our menu rotation when the temp soars like it isContinue reading “No Recipe Summer Meal”

My husband has a knack for finding really great things to do while we’re on vacation. This week we’re in Newport, RI for another little summer getaway and my husband discovered it’s Bridge Week in Newport – meaning the week in between or “bridging” the Folk Festival weekend and the Jazz Festival weekend. Bridge WeekContinue reading “Dinner, a Conert, and Some Blueberries”