Category Archives: Food

Wow, these cookies are just amazing. I have a thing for anything peanut butter and these cookies certainly do the trick. It’s hard to find a good peanut butter cookie recipe that doesn’t call for corn syrup and still comes out tasting like peanut butter, so that’s why I turn to this flourless version fromContinue reading “Flourless Peanut Chocolate Cookies”

Since blueberries are still in season and lately have been particularly sweet, delicious, and on sale at the grocery store we decided to make a little fresh blueberry ice cream this week. This recipe is so easy to make and uses all fresh ingredients. It’s not a traditional custard-based ice cream recipe so it’s notContinue reading “Blueberry Ice Cream”

I decided I wanted to make blueberry muffins for a pot-luck brunch with friends. Then I thought, nah, maybe I’ll bring a coffee cake – I love that sweet crumb topping. Well, I decided on a combination of both – blueberry muffins made with fresh blueberries (they are in season right now and so sweetContinue reading “Streusel Topped Blueberry Muffins”

For a BBQ with friends this weekend, I thought it would fun to make a summery-flavored cupcake for dessert! I had in our pantry a Lemon Sprinkles Cupcakes mix and decided that would be perfect. Note – have you tried these mixes? They are the BEST cake mixes – creating a from-scratch quality cupcake thatContinue reading “Summer Cupcakes”

My husband and I took a super long weekend and headed to the Hamptons on Long Island this week for a little vacation before we visited his family. We stayed in Southampton and dined throughout the other Hamptons enjoying really great food the entire trip! I wanted to highlight one especially delicious meal we hadContinue reading “Hamptons Dining”

As promised, here is the recipe for what we made for our anniversary dinner earlier this week. This recipe for Gnocchi Mac n Cheese was first made by a couple friends of mine and me and we completely fell in love! You will not believe how scrumptious this turns out. And it’s so easy, thereContinue reading “Gnocchi Mac n Cheese”

What’s better then delicious warm waffles on a Sunday morning (or any morning for that matter)? We made oatmeal waffles for breakfast this past weekend – the oatmeal adds a nice texture and heartiness to a normal light, fluffy waffle. Here is the recipe: Oatmeal Waffles from allrecipes.com ¾ C flour ½ C quick-cooking rolledContinue reading “Sunday Morning Waffles”

I just love dried cranberries in things – chicken salad sandwiches, cookies, salads, etc… And today, I was in the mood to bake so I whipped up a batch of Cranberry Orange Scones. I mostly followed Ina Garten’s recipe below, but changed a few things around… First, what I have below is a half recipeContinue reading “Cranberry Orange Scones”

This is a great recipe. Truth be told, I don’t usually like Rachel Ray’s recipes (not very healthy, weird ingredient combinations) but this recipe of hers is just fantastic. The recipe calls for salmon as the protein, but sometimes (like tonight) we substitute chicken when we’re not in the salmon mood. With the beans, spinach,Continue reading “Lime and Honey Glazed Salmon with Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad”

There’s nothing better than ice cream. Correction – there’s nothing better than homemade, low fat ice cream! Traditionally, it doesn’t work very well to make a homemade low fat ice cream because it’s not creamy enough and ends up having the consistency of slush. Well, this recipe for low fat Cheesecake Ice Cream solves thatContinue reading “Low Fat Cheesecake Ice Cream”